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A regional disability tribunal for Asia and the Pacific: changing the conversation to a ‘conversation’?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2011

Terry Carney
Terry Carney*
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Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
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Terry.carney@sydney.edu.au
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Abstract

This article reviews approaches to the needs of disabled people in Asia and the Pacific, the only part of the world currently lacking regional human rights machinery. The article examines some of the social policy choices involved in prioritising different possible approaches to meeting the needs of disabled people in the region, with a focus on a proposed regional disability rights tribunal (DR-TAP). It is argued that this is not the top priority for immediate action; rather it is contended that capacity building and culturally appropriate attitudinal and other change strategies should instead be pursued over the medium-term horizon.

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International Journal of Law in Context , Volume 7 , Special Issue 3: Health and Human Rights , September 2011 , pp. 319 - 333
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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