Making Disability Rights Real in Southeast Asia: Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in ASEAN

Derrick L. Cogburn; Tina Kempin Reuter

doi:10.5771/9781498526920

Summary

This book evaluates the national implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in ASEAN. Working with country-specific research teams, the contributors compiled detailed case-studies of CRPD implementation in each country in ASEAN. This book presents a detailed overview of the problem, the relevant literature, and the conceptual framework, and then it explores the implementation of the CRPD in each of the ten countries in Southeast Asia. Details include the factors that influenced each country to ratify the CRPD, the focal point structure of implementation, the independent mechanism established to monitor the implementation, and the civil society organizations involved.

This book also evaluates the implications of CRPD implementation for human rights and development in ASEAN, including the degree of institutionalized support for persons with disabilities, the development objectives of the CRPD against the strategic objectives of the ASEAN economic community and the broader ASEAN community, and the way these developments compare with those in other countries and regions.

Working with country-specific research teams, the editors compiled detailed case-studies of CRPD implementation on each country in ASEAN. This book presents a detailed overview of the problem and the relevant literature. The contributors also offer conclusions on the research and national and ASEAN-level recommendations for moving forward.

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Edition: 1/2017
Copyright year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-2691-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-2692-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 328
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. List of Tables No access
3. List of Figures No access
4. Foreword No access
5. Preface No access
6. Acknowledgments No access
7. List of Acronyms No access
1. Ch01. The “Grand Challenge” of Disability and Development in ASEAN No access
2. Ch02. Conceptual Foundations of CRPD Implementation No access
1. Ch03. Understanding CRPD Implementation in the Philippines No access
2. Ch04. Understanding CRPD Implementation in Thailand1 No access
3. Ch05. Understanding CRPD Implementation in Lao PDR No access
4. Ch06.Understanding CRPD Implementation in Malaysia No access
5. Ch07. Understanding CRPD Implementation in Indonesia1 No access
6. Ch08. Understanding CRPD Implementation in Myanmar No access
7. Ch09. Understanding CRPD Implementation in Cambodia No access
8. Ch10. Understanding CRPD Implementation in Singapore No access
9. Ch11. Understanding CRPD Implementation in Vietnam No access
10. Ch12. Understanding CRPD Implementation in Brunei No access
1. Ch13. CRPD Implementation in ASEAN No access
2. Ch14. CRPD Implementation in ASEAN No access
3. Ch15. Norm Diffusion and CRPD Implementation and ASEAN No access
4. Ch16. Conclusion No access
Appendix A. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities1 No access Pages 277 - 306
Appendix B. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities No access Pages 307 - 312
Index No access Pages 313 - 318
About the Contributors No access Pages 319 - 328