TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dimopoulos,Andreas
TI  - Issues in human rights protection of intellectually disabled persons
SN  - 9780754677604 (hardbound)
AV  - KJC1020 .D56 2010
U1  - 342.4087 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Aldershot, Burlington, Vt.
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Mental health laws
KW  - Europe
KW  - People with mental disabilities
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Mentally Disabled Persons
KW  - legislation & jurisprudence
KW  - Human Rights
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index; Intellectual disability as a distinct issue -- A principled approach to human rights issues raised by intellectual disability -- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- The European Convention on Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of applicants with intellectual disability -- English law in relation to welfare, intellectual disability, and human rights -- German law relating to intellectual disability, incapacity, and welfare -- Applying the human dignity reasoning to sterilisation procedures under English law, the MCA 2005, and the case law of the ECtHR -- A new protocol on disability?
N2  - This volume examines a wide array of issues relating to human rights and intellectual disability, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the case law of the ECtHR, and jurisprudential issues of liberal equality. It will of interest academics, human rights activists and legal practitioners in the field of disability rights
ER  -