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Muir, Kristy; Goldblatt, Beth – Disability & Society, 2011
United Nation's conventions exist to help facilitate and protect vulnerable people's human rights: including people with disabilities (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006) and children (Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989). However, for some families where a family member has a disability, there may be inherent…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Disabilities, International Law, Treaties
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Varnham, Sally; Squelch, Joan – Education and the Law, 2008
Education is both a right and a responsibility. International instruments such as the "International covenant on civil and political rights" and the "International convention on the rights of the child" affirm the right of all children to education. This right is spelt out in the education legislation of all states and…
Descriptors: School Choice, Home Schooling, Responsibility, Childrens Rights