Table 8:  Disability and the right to education  Examples of Human Rights Violations Parents of a child with intellectual disabilities are told that their daughter cannot go to school because she is ‘uneducable.’ No education is provided to children in an institution. A person with a disability is denied vocational training on the basis of their disability. Parents of a child with a disability are not provided adequate resources to…

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Table 9:  Disability and the right to decent work Examples of Human Rights Violations A person with intellectual disabilities is placed under guardianship, and the guardian does not allow him to be employed. An employer refuses to hire a woman even though she is the best applicant for the job because she had depression in the past. People with intellectual disabilities are ‘employed’ in a workshop where they are given…

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Table 10: Disability and the right to life Examples of Human Rights Violations Terminating life support for persons with disabilities when such decisions are made on the basis of the person’s disability. Creating a distinctive period under the law that permits abortions solely on the basis of disability. Endangering a person with disabilities’ life (see the CRPD recommendation to China below). Human Rights Standards Treaty Body Interpretation CRPD 10 States…

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Table 11: Disability and the right to liberty and security of person Examples of Human Rights Violations Involuntary commitment to psychiatric institutions. Individuals living with intellectual impairments are permanently confined at home because of lack of resources for medical and social care. A young man is detained against his will to a psychiatric hospital after his parents raised concerns about his behaviour. He is not told why he has been…

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Table 12:  Disability and protection against exploitation, violence and abuse Examples of Human Rights Violations Students with disabilities experience higher rates of corporal punishment. State systematically fails to prosecute persons responsible for violence and abuse against persons with disabilities. State fails to develop a strategy to prevent violence against persons with disabilities in either private or public settings. Programs and facilities servicing persons with disabilities are not monitored by independent authorities. Persons with disabilities are…

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Table 13:  Disability and freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment Examples of Human Rights Violations People in an institution are kept in cage beds and are forced to eat and use the toilet in bed. People in an institution who have been labeled “dangerous” by staff are tied or chained to chairs or beds for hours and even days at a time. Persons with disabilities are subjected…

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Example 1: Studies on Disability-Related Harassment Project Type: Advocacy The Organization  Equality and Human Rights Commission Great Britain Web:  http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/ Established in 2007 by the British Government, the Equality and Human Rights Commission now promotes and monitors human rights across nine protected grounds. Under the Equality Act of 2006, the Equality and Human Rights Commission is charged “with a view to encouraging and supporting the development of a society in which (a)…

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Example 2: The first decision of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Project Type: Litigation:  H.M. v. Sweden, U.N. Doc. CRPD/C/7/D/3/2011 (21 May 2012). The Actor H.M., a private litigant with a disability, brought this case. The Problem  H.M. had disability that limited her mobility.  Her doctors determined that hydrotherapy was the only option to stop her physical impairments from progressing further and improver her quality of life. …

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Example 3: Challenging educational opportunities for children with autism in France Project Type: Litigation The Organization Autism Europe Brussels, Belgium E-mail:  secretariat@autismeurope.org Web:  http://www.autismeurope.org/ Autism-Europe is a European umbrella organisation whose main objective is to advance the rights of persons with autism and their families and to help them improve their quality of life. They cooperate with various other civil society organizations, such as the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the…

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Example 4: Advocating for the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in Kenya Project Type: Advocacy The Organization  Kenya Association of the Intellectually Handicapped (KAIH) Nairobi, Kenya Web:  http://kaihid.org/ Founded in 1996 as a teacher-based organization, the Kenya Association for the Intellectually Handicapped (KAIH) is committed to the promotion of the welfare of the intellectually handicapped. The mission of KAIH is “[t]o promote the human rights of [persons with intellectual disabilities] and…

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