Universal Design and Human Rights: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
| dc.audience | Audience::Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section | |
| dc.audience | Audience::Public Libraries Section | |
| dc.audience | Audience::Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section | |
| dc.conference.sessionType | Library Service to People with Special Needs, Public Libraries and Library Services to Persons with Print Disabilities | |
| dc.conference.venue | Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sieberns, Anne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-24T09:07:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-24T09:07:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper provides information about the concept of accessibility and Universal Design underlying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It outlines the obligations of States that have ratified the Convention (State parties) and summarizes how the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) advocates promoting and implementing Universal Design. The concluding chapter aims to encourage librarians to refer to and make use of the CRPD to further Universal Design in their professional environments. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Degener, Theresia (2017): A new human rights model of disability. In: Della Fina, V., Cera, R., and Palmisano, G. (eds.): The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A commentary. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 41–59. UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/CRPDIndex.aspx UN CRPD (2014): Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, General Comment No. 2: Article 9, Accessibility (CRPD/C/GC/2) http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/GC.aspx UN CRPD (2015): Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, General Comment No. 4: Article 24, Right to inclusive education (CRPD/C/GC/4) https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/GC.aspx UN CRPD (2017): Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, General Comment No. 5: Article 19, Right to independent living (CRPD/C/GC/5) http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/GC.aspx UN CRPD (2018): Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, General Comment No. 6: Article 5, Equality and non-discrimination (CRPD/C/GC/6) http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/GC.aspx Varney, Eliza (2015): Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ensuring full and equal access to information. In: McGonagle, T., Donders, Y. (eds.): The United Nations and freedom of expression and information. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 171–207. | |
| dc.identifier.relatedurl | https://2018.ifla.org/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/6417 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Human Rights | |
| dc.subject.keyword | UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Accessibility | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Universal Design | |
| dc.title | Universal Design and Human Rights: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) | en |
| dc.type | Article | |
| ifla.Unit | Section:Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section | |
| ifla.Unit | Section::Public Libraries Section | |
| ifla.Unit | Section::Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section | |
| ifla.oPubId | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2269/ |
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