Citation

Bartlett P, Schulze M. Int. J. Law Psychiatry 2017; 53: 2-14.

Affiliation

Independent Human Rights Advocate, Vienna, Austria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.05.007

PMID

28645758

Abstract

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.

Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Language: en

Keywords

Abuse; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Exploitation; Human rights; Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Violence