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11 Frontiers L. China 1 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/frolch11 and id is 1 raw text is: FRONTIERS OF LAW IN CHINA VOL. 11 MARCH 2016 NO. 1 DOI 10.3868/s050-005-016-0001-8 FOCUS DISABILITY RIGHTS IN CHINA AND IN THE WORLD EDITOR'S NOTE William P Alford * It is an honor to have been invited by Frontiers of Law in China to introduce this Focus on Topic Disability Rights in China and in the World which contains the first of two installments of articles delivered at a June 2015 conference at Renmin University of China School of Law on disability and the law. The School of Law of Renmin University has long been the foremost institution in China and a leader globally in the academic research and discussions regarding disability law, as well as home to the People's Republic of China's (PRC) first clinical program focused on serving persons with disabilities. The four articles under this topic provide a broad, diverse and immensely valuable overview of the challenges that persons with disabilities face in and beyond China, and of steps that the PRC is taking to address these issues. The first article, by Ph.D candidate LI Jing and Professor LI Jianfei of Renmin University, draws on the latter's long-term first-hand involvement as a leading advisor to the Chinese government on law regarding social security (as well as an eminent expert on social welfare issues), to offer an overview of the legal framework in China regarding disability. As the article, which is entitled Current Trends in the Development of the Chinese Social Security System for People with Disabilities, insightfully and carefully notes, China has more than 50 laws promulgated to protect the rights of persons with disability (not to mention others that, at least implicitly, might be enlisted toward that end). These include not only China's Law on the Protection of Disabled Persons, but also more specific laws and regulations regarding employment, education, rehabilitation, and barrier free access, among other topics. As such, these measures are meant to effectuate the obligations that China undertook in signing and then ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), as well as participating actively in the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and other important international endeavors in this area. * William P. Alford, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law; Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies; Director of East Asian Legal Studies Program; Chair of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, US. Contact: alfordglaw.harvard.edu

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