Recognising Human Rights in Different Cultural Contexts

Dr Emily Julia Kakoullis is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law at the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University in the UK. She has worked as a Researcher at the University of Exeter, University of Bristol and University of Maastricht. Prior to a career in academia Kakoullis worked as a Legal Researcher at the Ministry of Justice in the UK and for a disability non-governmental organisation in Cyprus.Professor Kelley Johnson holds Honorary Professorial appointments at Deakin University and University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia. She is an internationally known scholar who has been a researcher and advocate with persons with disabilities for more than 20 years in Australia and internationally.

• 1. Introduction.- Section I – Culture, Disability and the CRPD.- 2. Legal Culture and the CRPD.- 3. Anthropology, Disability and the CRPD.- 4. Recognising Cultural Diversity: Implications for Persons with Disabilities.- 5. A Personal Reflection on Indigeneity, Colonisation and the CRPD.- Section II – The Ratification Process: To Be Or Not To Be?.- 6. The Failure of the United States to Ratify the CRPD.- 7. The Long Road to Ratification: Ireland and the CRPD.- 8. A Consultative Culture? The Ratification Process for the CRPD in Cyprus.- 9. A Janus-Faced Affair: Sri Lanka’s Ratification of the CRPD.- Section III – Making Disability Human Rights Happen? Cultural Challenges to Implementing the CRPD.- 10. The ‘Transposition’ of Article 12 of the CRPD in China and its Potential Impact on Chinese Legal Capacity Law and Culture.- 11. Implementation of Article 19 of the CRPD in Hungary and its Impact on the Deinstitutionalisation Process So Far.- 12. Implementing Article 19 of the CRPD in NordicWelfare States: The Culture of Welfare and the CRPD.- 13. Article 30 of the CRPD as a Vehicle for Social Transformation: Harnessing the CRPD’s Potential for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.- Section IV – Monitoring the CRPD: Resolving Conflicting Interests?.- 14. Was Ratification of the CRPD the High Watermark for United Kingdom Disability Rights? Ten Years of Monitoring Implementation of the CRPD.- 15. The Role of Disabled People’s Organisations in Promoting the CRPD in Indonesia.- 16. The Process of State Party Reporting to the CRPD Committee: The Indian Experience.- 17. Conclusion.

“This is an excellent edited collection, which will be a very useful resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and academics, plus DPOs and state policy makers. Its range of case- study examples provide a detailed critical account of the CRPD, its transformative potential, and the importance of state and local contexts and cultures, and the involvement of people with disabilities, in its adoption.” (Edward Hall, British Journal of Learning Disabilities, July 9, 2021)