Disabled People and European Human Rights A Review of the Implications of the 1998 Human Rights Act for Disabled Children and Adults in the UK
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations of law reports
- Table of cases
- Table of legislation
- Introduction
- one Social policy and disabled people: a recent history
- two The Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights: an introduction
- three Disabled people’s human rights: developing social awareness
- four Human rights cases – disabled people: a detailed analysis (UK, European and international)
- five The way forward: policy and practice proposals
- Bibliography
- Appendix I The substantive Articles of the Convention
- Appendix II Human rights instruments – disabled people
- Appendix III Useful Internet addresses
- Index
Appendix III - Useful Internet addresses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations of law reports
- Table of cases
- Table of legislation
- Introduction
- one Social policy and disabled people: a recent history
- two The Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights: an introduction
- three Disabled people’s human rights: developing social awareness
- four Human rights cases – disabled people: a detailed analysis (UK, European and international)
- five The way forward: policy and practice proposals
- Bibliography
- Appendix I The substantive Articles of the Convention
- Appendix II Human rights instruments – disabled people
- Appendix III Useful Internet addresses
- Index
Summary
The 1988 Human Rights Act
The full text of the 1998 Human Rights Act and other UK legislation since 1988 can be found on the HMSO web site at:
www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts.htm
European Court of Human Rights
Almost all the Court judgments and Commission decisions are accessible on the Council of Europe case research website at:
www.echr.coe.int/hudoc/
Other international Human Rights Covenants and so on
Details of these can be obtained from various sites, although the University of Minnesota Human Rights Centre has an excellent website at:
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
General information on the 1998 Human Rights Act
The Lord Chancellor's office human rights website is to be found at:
www.lcd.gov.uk/hract/hramenu.htm
Court of Appeal decisions
Some decisions of the Court of Appeal can be accessed from the Court Service website at:
www.courtservice.gov.uk/
House of Lords judgments
All recent (post-1998 Human Rights Act) judgments of the House of Lords are available on the Internet at:
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199697/ldjudgmt/ ldjudgmt.htm
US Supreme Court judgments
US Supreme Court judgments can be accessed through various search engines, including:
www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
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- Disabled People and European Human RightsA Review of the Implications of the 1998 Human Rights Act for Disabled Children and Adults in the UK, pp. 121 - 122Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2003
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