aQd nue d Loinliv Bec The Right to rdao n, Inclusive Education i T n h I e in International n t R e i r g n Human Rights Law h a t t i t o o n I Edited by a n l c Gauthier de Beco H l u u s Shivaun Quinlivan m i v a e Janet E. Lord n E R d u i g c h a t t s i o L n a w the right to inclusive education in international human rights law Education is a fundamental human right that is recognised as essential for the attainment of all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. It was not until2006,withtheadoptionoftheUNConventionontheRightsofPersonswith Disabilities (CRPD), that the right to inclusive education was codified. This volume fills a major gap in the literature on the right of disabled people to education.Itexaminesthetheoreticalfoundationsandcorecontentoftheright toinclusiveeducationininternationalhumanrightslaw,andexploresthevarious ways of implementing this right through a study of legal strategies and mechanisms. With contributions by leaders in the field, this volume advances scholarship on the right to inclusive education by examining the content and practiceoftherightatthenational,regionalandinternationallevels. GauthierdeBecoisReaderinHumanRightsattheUniversityofHuddersfield, andpreviouslytaughtattheUniversityofLeeds,theKULeuvenandUniversity College London. He has widely published in the field of international human rights law, including on the issue of inclusive education, and is on the editorial boardoftheRevuetrimestrielledesdroitsdel’homme.Hehasworkedasanexpertto severalgovernments,internationalorganisationsandNGOs. ShivaunQuinlivanlecturesinlawatNUIGalway.Sheisafoundingmemberof the Centre for Disability Law and Policy NUI Galway and now serves on the managementcommitteeoftheCDLP.Mostrecentlyshehasbeenappointedto the role of vice dean for equality, diversity and inclusion in the College of Business, Public Policy and Law. She has worked as a legal expert to several international organisations, as well as national and local NGOs, with aparticularfocusoneducationandequality. Janet E. Lord is a leading authority on international human rights law and the rights of persons with disabilities. She has advised UN agencies, governments, humanrightsinstitutionsanddisabilityorganisationsinmorethanfortycountries. SheiscurrentlyaseniorfellowattheHarvardLawSchoolProjectonDisability. Ascholaraswellasapractitioner,shehastaughthumanrightslawatuniversitiesin Europe,Africa,AsiaandtheUnitedStates. CAMBRIDGEDISABILITYLAWANDPOLICYSERIES Editedby PeterBlanckandRobinPaulMalloy The Disability Law and Policy series examines these topics in interdisciplinary and comparativeterms.Thebooksintheseriesreflectthediversityofdefinitions,causes,and consequences of discrimination against persons with disabilities while illuminating fundamental themes that unite countries in their pursuit of human rights laws and policiestoimprovethesocialandeconomicstatusofpersonswithdisabilities.Theseries contains historical, contemporary, and comparative scholarship crucial to identifying individual, organizational, cultural, attitudinal, and legal themes necessary for the advancementofdisabilitylawandpolicy. Thebooktopicscoveredintheseriesalsoarereflectiveofthenewmoralandpolitical commitmentbycountriesthroughouttheworldtowardequalopportunityforpersonswith disabilities in such areas as employment, housing, transportation, rehabilitation, and individual human rights. The series will thus play a significant role in informing policy makers, researchers, and citizens of issues central to disability rights and disability antidiscrimination policies. The series grounds the future of disability law and policy as avehicleforensuringthatpersonswithdisabilitiesparticipateasequalcitizensoftheworld. BooksintheSeries RuthColker,WhenIsSeparateUnequal?ADisabilityPerspective LarryM.LogueandPeterBlanck,Race,Ethnicity,andDisability:VeteransandBenefitsin Post–CivilWarAmerica LisaVanhala,MakingRightsaReality?DisabilityRightsActivistsandLegalMobilization Eiliono´irFlynn,FromRhetorictoAction:ImplementingtheUNConventionontheRightsof PersonswithDisabilities IsabelKarpinandKristinSavell,PerfectingPregnancy:Law,Disability,andtheFutureof Reproduction AliciaOuellette,BioethicsandDisability:TowardaDisability-ConsciousBioethics ArieRimmerman,SocialInclusionofPeoplewithDisabilities:NationalandInternational Perspectives AndrewPower,JanetE.LordandAllisonS.DeFranco,ActiveCitizenshipandDisability: ImplementingthePersonalisationofSupport LisaSchur,DouglasKruseandPeterBlanck,PeoplewithDisabilities:Sidelinedor Mainstreamed? ElizaVarney,DisabilityandInformationTechnology:AComparativeStudyinMedia Regulation JeromeE.Bickenbach,FranziskaFelderandBarbaraSchmitz,DisabilityandtheGood HumanLife RobinPaulMalloy,LandUseLawandDisability:PlanningandZoningforAccessible Communities ArieRimmerman,FamilyPolicyandDisability PeterBlanck,eQuality:TheStruggleforWebAccessibilitybyPersonswithCognitive Disabilities AnnaArstein-Kerslake,RestoringVoicetoPeoplewithCognitiveDisabilities:Realizingthe RighttoEqualRecognitionBeforetheLaw ArieRimmerman,DisabilityandCommunityLivingPolicies PaulHarpur,Discrimination,CopyrightandEquality:Openingthee-BookforthePrint- Disabled AislingdePaor,Genetics,DisabilityandtheLaw:TowardsanEULegalFramework PiersGooding,ANewEraforMentalHealthLawandPolicy:SupportedDecision-Making andtheUNConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities LarryM.LogueandPeterBlanck,HeavyLaden:UnionVeterans,PsychologicalIllness,and Suicide KarrieA.Shogren,MichaelL.Wehmeyer,JonathanMartinisandPeterBlanck,Supported Decision-Making:Theory,Research,andPracticetoEnhanceSelf-Determinationand QualityofLife GauthierdeBeco,ShivaunQuinlivanandJanetE.Lord,TheRighttoInclusiveEducation inInternationalHumanRightsLaw The Right to Inclusive Education in International Human Rights Law Editedby GAUTHIER DE BECO UniversityofHuddersfield SHIVAUN QUINLIVAN NationalUniversityofIreland,Galway JANET E. 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Contents NotesonContributors pagexi Acknowledgements xxii PrefacebyTheresiaDegener xxv TheArthurCoxFoundation xxvii 1 Introduction 1 GauthierdeBeco,ShivaunQuinlivanandJanetE.Lord parti background 13 2 TheRighttoInclusiveEducationforStudentswith DisabilitiesunderInternationalHumanRightsLaw 15 ArleneKanter 3 ComprehensiveLegalAnalysisofArticle24ofthe ConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities 58 GauthierdeBeco partii theoreticalfoundations 93 a conceptualissues 95 4 MovingtowardsSchoolsforAll:ExaminingtheConcept ofEducationalInclusionforDisabledChildrenand YoungPeople 97 MichaelShevlin 5 DraftingArticle24oftheConventionontheRightsof PersonswithDisabilities 122 RosemaryKayess vii viii Contents 6 TheExpressiveDimensionoftheRighttoInclusive Education 141 SarahArduin b substantiveissues 167 7 ReasonableAccommodation:AnIntegralPartofthe RighttoEducationforPersonswithDisabilities 169 ShivaunQuinlivan 8 ProgressiveRealisationandtheRighttoInclusive Education 190 GauthierdeBeco 9 FinancingInclusiveEducation:LessonsfromDeveloping Countries 213 Ja´nosFiala-Butora partiii implementation 237 a strategies 239 10 StrategicLitigationandInclusiveEducation 241 PeterBarnettandMichaelAshleyStein 11 AdvocacyforInclusiveEducation:AEuropean Approach 269 ´ CarlaBoninoCovasandMiguelAngelCabradeLuna 12 AdvancingtheRighttoInclusiveEducationin DevelopmentCooperation 304 JanetE.Lord 13 HarnessingTechnologytoRealizetheRighttoInclusive Education 346 DeeptiS.RajaandG.AnthonyGiannoumis 14 IndigenousKnowledge–DrivenEducationReformasa MeansofAchievingInclusiveEducationinIndigenous CommunitiesinCanada 373 AnnaGilmer