Embracing the new disability rights paradigm: The importance of the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

Disability and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Harpur, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability human rights; Disability rights paradigm; United nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865881547     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2012.631794     Document Type: Article

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