The Human Rights-Based Approach to Disability

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which entered into force in 2008, is a legally binding instrument that has been widely ratified. It is grounded in a human rights-based approach, moving away from previous models on disability, such as the medical model.

Topics

SDG
SDG4: Quality education
SDG10: Reducing inequalities
SDG16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
Subject
Human Rights and Disabilities
Keywords
disabilities
human rights

The overall objective of this course is to allow a better understanding of the human rights-based approach to disability and to enable participants to identify gaps between existing policy and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in order to implement it coherently.

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Target Audience

Open to everyone.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the human rights-based approach to disability in contrast with previous approaches to disability;
  • Explain the guiding principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
  • Describe the concept of discrimination on the basis of disability as enshrined in the CRPD;
  • Describe the concept of inclusive development as enshrined in the CRPD;
  • Describe some of the cross-cutting rights contained in the CRPD;
  • Identify policy built under previous approaches to disability that are not in line with the human rights-based approach to disability;
  • Identify gaps in legislation with regard to the CRPD.

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