Ouma Kizito Ajuong'

Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Kenya

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• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Disability Rights are special rights in the enormous body of international human rights law. This is because they carry the concerns of persons living with disabilities. These special province of people are vulnerable and have a lot of challenges - due to disabilities - that can only be mitigated through the law and practical approaches in advocacy. This book focuses on Rights of persons with disabilities in Kenya. It highlights and analyses applicable laws which include, the constitution of Kenya, 2010, Persons with Disabilities Act No. 14 of 2003 and the other relevant Acts of parliament. This work further analyses the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities as well as the other relevant international instruments. As a human rights books, this work gives special focus to Article 54 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, which is a domestication of international instruments. There are also a number of policy works by Government that are highlighted through this work. Moreover, the book touches on various aspects that are related to disability rights, a lot of which has to do with the expansion of the law and practical experiences that these special people go through.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 203g
• ISBN-13: 9786202816168
• ISBN-10: 6202816163
• Artikelnr.: 60421381

Autorenporträt

Mr. Ouma Kizito Ajuong¿ is a lawyer, an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a person living with physical disability. He has a Bachelor¿s of Laws Degree from Kenyatta University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal practice from Kenya School of Law. Kizito has a deep seated interest in legal writing, Drafting and philosophy; Constitutional Law.