Urgently awaiting implementation: The right to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse in Article 16 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Peter Bartlett; Marianne Schulze

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.05.007

Urgently awaiting implementation: The right to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse in Article 16 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Int J Law Psychiatry. 2017 Jul-Aug:53:2-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.05.007. Epub 2017 Jun 20.

Authors

Peter Bartlett¹, Marianne Schulze²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Mental Health and School of Law, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Peter.bartlett@nottingham.ac.uk.
² Independent Human Rights Advocate, Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 28645758
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.05.007

Abstract

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) enshrines the freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse, a provision, which has hitherto received little attention. Exploring the contents of Article 16, this paper seeks to unpack both the potential for violence prevention as well as the implementation challenges. It situates violence protection within related treaty provisions and touches on specific challenges in institutional care as well as the private realm.

Keywords: Abuse; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Exploitation; Human rights; Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Violence.