[:it]The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A Commentary[:]

[:it]At the turn of ten years from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Commentary offers an opportunity to provide an in-depth scholarly assessment of its provisions and Optional Protocol, even in the light of the first years of practical operation and implementation of the Convention.
The CRPD is the only international human rights instrument exclusively devoted to persons with disabilities and the centerpiece of international efforts to address inequalities and barriers they encounter to the full enjoyment of human rights. The book examines the Convention’s position within existing international human rights law and the United Nations measures to protect the rights of people with disabilities.
The Commentary has been conceived and prepared by the Institute for International Legal Studies (ISGI) of the National Research Council of Italy as the main outcome of its multi-year researches on the rights of persons with disabilities.
The general purpose of the volume is to clarify the content of the CRPD, highlighting the improvements and the novelties introduced by the Convention in the international human rights law. Such issues are specifically outlined in wide-ranging contributions enriching the Commentary with an academic perspective over the Convention.
The three introductory chapters deal with the drafting history of the CRPD, the new human rights model embedded by the Convention, and the EU adhesion, while the final chapter illustrates the development of human rights law through the CRPD.
The Commentary follows an article-by-article approach. Each provision has been
examined in terms of its background, including the travaux préparatoires; contents; legal scope and relationship with other international norms and principles. A unique contribution analyzes the Optional Protocol to the Convention.
In addition to enriching academic studies of international human rights law, the book provides insights into the practical operation of the Convention’s provisions by assessing the practice of the CRPD Committee, the activities of relevant international and regional human rights bodies in enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities and the contracting Parties’ implementation practices. Relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union and, if appropriate, of other regional jurisdictions, as well as the jurisprudence of domestic courts, are taken into consideration.
Contributions from leading scholars and international experts make this Commentary an indispensable resource for lawyers, academics, students, journalists, international organizations, NGOs and other stakeholders wishing to better understand the rights of people with disabilities. Furthermore, it is a valuable contribution to appraising the impact of the Convention in the Parties’ legal orders and to charting the way forward in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities.
Table of contents[:en]At the turn of ten years from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Commentary offers an opportunity to provide an in-depth scholarly assessment of its provisions and Optional Protocol, even in the light of the first years of practical operation and implementation of the Convention.
The CRPD is the only international human rights instrument exclusively devoted to persons with disabilities and the centerpiece of international efforts to address inequalities and barriers they encounter to the full enjoyment of human rights. The book examines the Convention’s position within existing international human rights law and the United Nations measures to protect the rights of people with disabilities.
The Commentary has been conceived and prepared by the Institute for International Legal Studies (ISGI) of the National Research Council of Italy as the main outcome of its multi-year researches on the rights of persons with disabilities.
The general purpose of the volume is to clarify the content of the CRPD, highlighting the improvements and the novelties introduced by the Convention in the international human rights law. Such issues are specifically outlined in wide-ranging contributions enriching the Commentary with an academic perspective over the Convention.
The three introductory chapters deal with the drafting history of the CRPD, the new human rights model embedded by the Convention, and the EU adhesion, while the final chapter illustrates the development of human rights law through the CRPD.
The Commentary follows an article-by-article approach. Each provision has been
examined in terms of its background, including the travaux préparatoires; contents; legal scope and relationship with other international norms and principles. A unique contribution analyzes the Optional Protocol to the Convention.
In addition to enriching academic studies of international human rights law, the book provides insights into the practical operation of the Convention’s provisions by assessing the practice of the CRPD Committee, the activities of relevant international and regional human rights bodies in enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities and the contracting Parties’ implementation practices. Relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union and, if appropriate, of other regional jurisdictions, as well as the jurisprudence of domestic courts, are taken into consideration.
Contributions from leading scholars and international experts make this Commentary an indispensable resource for lawyers, academics, students, journalists, international organizations, NGOs and other stakeholders wishing to better understand the rights of people with disabilities. Furthermore, it is a valuable contribution to appraising the impact of the Convention in the Parties’ legal orders and to charting the way forward in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities.
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