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Human Rights Law and Returning Veterans

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Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement in the United States. University of California:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/drilm

The Independent Living Philosophy: Ten Principles. Rockland Independent Living Center:
http://www.rilc.org/principles.htm

Supported Decision-making, Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network:
http://www.plan.ca/Programs_Decisions.php


HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/z1afchar.htm

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_cat39.htm

Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (ILO No. 169)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/r1citp.htm

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/9.htm

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/k2crc.htm

International Convention for the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/n8icprmw.htm

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/disability-convention2006.html

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/declra.htm

European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/005.htm

ILO Convention 159 (concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons)
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/convdisp1.htm

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