Human Rights Perspective and a Special Deliberation for Differently - Abled Persons
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2019
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Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka
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Human rights are essential for the protection and preservation of human life and dignity and for the overall development of human Personality. Certain sections of society are more vulnerable to human rights violations, which require a special deliberation. The differently - abled persons are one of the group whose rights are often violated. The existing frameworks of national and international mechanisms for their protection are generally insufficient for satisfying their needs. There is a remarkable gap between the expectations and rendering of social justice in India, as far as the differently - abled persons are concerned. However, all sorts of supports have been given in terms of policies, but they are far from achieving the real objectives of such policies. Everyone's responsibility has become no one's responsibility. Patronizing those with disability is not enough and one needs to work towards their dignity. Therefore, our objective should be not only to improve the quality of life of the differently - abled citizens, but also to see that they should live life with reasonable comfort and happiness. The protection of human rights of differently - abled persons is therefore an immediate and crucial concern. In this backdrop, this paper focuses on various approaches of different ability with special reference to rights based approach and also render some recommendations so that different ability policy should not remained individualized rather than generalized.
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Human Rights Education, Political Science, Law