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Urgently awaiting implementation: The right to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse in Article 16 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Bartlett, Peter; Schulze, Marianne

Authors

PETER BARTLETT peter.bartlett@nottingham.ac.uk
Nottingham Healthcare Nhs Trust Professor of Mental Health Law

Marianne Schulze



Abstract

© 2017 The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) enshrines the freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse, a provision, which has hitherto received little attention. Exploring the contents of Article 16, this paper seeks to unpack both the potential for violence prevention as well as the implementation challenges. It situates violence protection within related treaty provisions and touches on specific challenges in institutional care as well as the private realm.

Citation

Bartlett, P., & Schulze, M. (2017). Urgently awaiting implementation: The right to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse in Article 16 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 53, 2-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.05.007

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 11, 2017
Online Publication Date Jun 20, 2017
Publication Date 2017-07
Deposit Date Sep 19, 2017
Journal International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Print ISSN 0160-2527
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 53
Pages 2-14
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.05.007
Public URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.05.007
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252716302837?via%3Dihub