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Osamu, Nagase – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
There are 130 ratifications by national governments around the world of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted by the United Nations in December 2006. However, Japan has yet to ratify the CRPD. The author examined the social, political, and legal context in Japan, affecting the ratification of the CRPD and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Civil Rights, Laws
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Officer, Alana; Shakespeare, Tom – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
The "World Report on Disability" was requested by the World Health Assembly, the governing body of the World Health Organization (WHO). Because disability is broader than health, WHO partnered with the World Bank. The "World Report" was published in 2011 and provides a comprehensive scientific analysis on the global situation…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Civil Rights, Disability Discrimination