Examining the mistreatment of persons with mental disabilities around the world, Michael Perlin identifies universal factors that contaminate mental disability

This volume describes the extraordinary success of the international political movement of people with disabilities to include disability as a human rights issu

The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on t

The Convention's approach to mental health care -- Putting mental health laws to the test -- Proportionality reasoning -- Proportionality and non-discrimination

The issue of the human rights of people with mental disabilities has been ignored for decades by the international agencies vested with the protection of human