Persons with disabilities in institutions as victims of discrimination and human rights violations
The paper describes the position of persons with disabilities in residential institutions in Serbia, with particular focus on the position of women. Our goal is to determine some of the reasons for human rights violations and discrimination against persons with disabilities in institutions...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Victimology Society of Serbia and Prometej-Beograd
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Temida |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2016/1450-66371601109J.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper describes the position of persons with disabilities in residential
institutions in Serbia, with particular focus on the position of women. Our
goal is to determine some of the reasons for human rights violations and
discrimination against persons with disabilities in institutions through
understanding the historical context and attitudes towards them, and to
understand the extent to which international human rights framework impacts
the improvement of their position. Results of analyses show that adoption of
the international and national legal framework grounded in the theory of
social model is a necessary but not sufficient condition for de facto
equality, because of the rooted negative attitudes towards rights,
possibilities, and needs of persons with disabilities that nurture
justifications and excuses for multiple deprivations and discrimination. The
change of the paradigm and improvement of the position of persons with
disabilities requires awareness-raising of the social protection system with
the aim of overcoming prejudices and changing practices. |
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| ISSN: | 1450-6637 2406-0941 |