Browsing Research Articles (Centre for Human Rights) by Subject "United Nations (UN)"

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Involuntary mental health treatment in the era of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Mahomed, Faraaz; Stein, Michael Ashley; Patel, Vikram (Public Library of Science, 2018-10-18)

The introduction of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and General Comment 1 on Article 12 (GC1) has generated considerable debate regarding the assertion that people with ...
The jurisprudence of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its implications for Africa

Mgijima-Konopi, Innocentia (Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2016)

The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted by the United Nations (UN) and entered into force at the same time as the Convention, is a crucial addition to ...
“To save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” : Jan Smuts and the ideological foundations of the United Nations

Heyns, C.H. (Christof H.); Gravett, W.H. (Willem) (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017)

The story of the founding of the United Nations reflects its complicated ideological foundations. Jan Smuts, who wrote the words “human rights” into the Charter, was also the premier of white-ruled South Africa. ...

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