Human rights and the global South : the case of disability

Helen Meekosha, Karen Soldatic

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Abstract

This article seeks to examine the politics of human rights and disability in light of the recent United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which has been central to the struggle for recognition of disabled people. Northern discourses of disability rights have strongly influenced the UNCRPD. We argue that many of the everyday experiences of disabled people in the global South lie outside the reach of human rights instruments. So we ask what, if anything, can these instruments contribute to the struggle for disability justice in the South? While Northern discourses promote an examination of disabled bodies in social dynamics, we argue that the politics of impairment in the global South must understand social dynamics in bodies.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1383-1397
Number of pages16
JournalThird World Quarterly
Volume32
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • developing countries
  • disabilities
  • human rights
  • politics

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