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Rights of People with Disability in Nigeria: Attitude and Commitment

Rights of People with Disability in Nigeria: Attitude and Commitment IBRAHIM IMAM and M. A. ABDULRAHEEM-MUSTAPHA I. INTRODUCTION The international and regional human rights systems remain one of the greatest achievements in the internationalisation of human rights and today the systems are important venues for the protection and promotion of human rights and in particular people with disability.1 Globally, there have been spirited efforts by people with disability to establish their legal rights as bona fide members of society. Before the 1970s, most legislation dealing with the challenges faced by such persons were more concerned with the provision of some form of social security or public assistance benefits. There was a change in the 1970s and 1980s centered on the rights of disabled people to the same protection under the law as enjoyed by the rest of the population.2 In advocating for their rights, people with disability have strived to establish that they be considered on the basis of individual merit, not on some stereotyped assumption about disability. They also advocated that society must make certain changes to enable them to participate more meaningfully in secular activities. However, in the mid-1990s, the World Health Organisation (WHO) began a process of examining the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Journal of International and Comparative Law Edinburgh University Press

Rights of People with Disability in Nigeria: Attitude and Commitment

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Edinburgh University Press
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© Edinburgh University Press 2016
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0954-8890
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IBRAHIM IMAM and M. A. ABDULRAHEEM-MUSTAPHA I. INTRODUCTION The international and regional human rights systems remain one of the greatest achievements in the internationalisation of human rights and today the systems are important venues for the protection and promotion of human rights and in particular people with disability.1 Globally, there have been spirited efforts by people with disability to establish their legal rights as bona fide members of society. Before the 1970s, most legislation dealing with the challenges faced by such persons were more concerned with the provision of some form of social security or public assistance benefits. There was a change in the 1970s and 1980s centered on the rights of disabled people to the same protection under the law as enjoyed by the rest of the population.2 In advocating for their rights, people with disability have strived to establish that they be considered on the basis of individual merit, not on some stereotyped assumption about disability. They also advocated that society must make certain changes to enable them to participate more meaningfully in secular activities. However, in the mid-1990s, the World Health Organisation (WHO) began a process of examining the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and

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African Journal of International and Comparative Law – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Aug 1, 2016

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