This book provides a concise guide to international disability law. It analyses the case law of the CRPD Committee and other international human rights treaty b

The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on t

This volume describes the extraordinary success of the international political movement of people with disabilities to include disability as a human rights issu

This book examines what international human rights law has gained from the new elements in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

The first textbook on international and European disability law and policy, analysing the interaction between different legal systems and sources.