Human Rights Law and Returning Veterans

Web-based International Human Rights Law Libraries

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (International Human Rights Instruments): http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts

General Resources on Human Rights and Disability

ACT (Advocating Change Together) (Information on disability rights advocacy particularly for self-advocates with developmental disabilities): http://www.selfadvocacy.org

Theresia Degener and Yolan Koster-Dreese, eds., Human Rights and Disabled Persons: Essays and Relevant Human Rights Instruments (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1995).

Disabled Peoples' International, Ratification Toolkit (On ratification advocacy for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities): http://www.icrpd.net/ratification/en/index.htm

Disabled Peoples' International, Implementation Toolkit (On implementation advocacy for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities): http://www.icrpd.net/implementation/en/index.htm

National Council on Disability, Understanding the Role of an International Convention on the Human Rights of People with Disabilities: An analysis of the legal, social, and practical implications for policy makers and disability and human rights advocates in the United States (May 2002): http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2002/unwhitepaper_05-23-02.htm

Gerard Quinn and Theresia Degener, et. al., Human Rights Are for All: A Study on the Current Use and Future Potential of the UN Human Rights Instruments in the Context of Disability (OHCHR, February 2002): click here

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Website offering info on the UN Program on Disability and disability specific resources): http://www.un.org/disabilities

World Enable (Internet accessibility initiative providing information on a range of topics, including the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities): http://www.worldenable.net

USEFUL RESOURCES ON LIVING INDEPENDENTLY AND WITH DIGNITY IN THE COMMUNITY

Access Living center for independent living:
http://www.accessliving.org

Canadian Association of Independent Living Centers (CAILC):
http://www.cailc.ca

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