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30 Syracuse J. Int'l L. & Com. 241 (2003)
The Globalization of Disability Rights Law

handle is hein.journals/sjilc30 and id is 247 raw text is: THE GLOBALIZATION OF DISABILITY RIGHTS LAW Arlene S. Kanter* I. INTRODUCTION The past thirty years have marked a turning point in the worldwide recognition of human rights for people with disabilities. Within the past decade alone, approximately 40 countries have enacted domestic disability discrimination laws, some of which adopt a human rights model of disability. As such, these disability discrimination laws promote the human rights, dignity, and equality of people with disabilities. On the international front, within the past three decades, the United Nations General Assembly has adopted international human rights instruments that protect and advance the human rights of people with disabilities. Further, the UN has appointed an Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly to draft a proposed covenant on the rights of people with disabilities, which will reinforce the view of disability rights as a human rights issue. On the regional level, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Council of Europe have both passed legislation on disability.' The Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the OAS in 1999, is the first treaty adopted by • 2 an inter-governmental organization. More recently, in January 2003, * Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Legal Education, Syracuse University College of Law. I would like to thank Kimberly Wolf (SU COL '03) and Radhika Veerapaneni (SU COL'03) for their research assistance on this article. I would also like to thank Eric Rosenthal, Theresia Degener, and Gerard Quinn for greatly influencing my thinking about disability rights as a global human rights issue, and for inspiring me to embark on such scholarship as a way to help people with disabilities worldwide secure their right to equality, dignity, and a better life. Unbounded appreciation goes to two of the loves of my life, Rachel and Ari, who inspire me in innumerable other ways. Finally, my sincere thanks to the Syracuse University College of Law Journal of International Law and Commerce for inviting me to participate in this symposium issue. Correspondence about this article may be sent to me at kantera@law.syr.edu. 1. See Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimin ation by Reason of Disability, Organization of American States, A.G. Res. 1487 (xxvii-0/97), 7th Sess. (1997); See also The European Disability Strategy, Europa, at http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/disability/strategyen.html (last visited Apr. 4, 2003). 2. Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities, Organization of American States, A.G. Res. 1608, 19th Sess., O.E.A. Doc. OEA/Ser. AG/doc. 3826/99 (1999).

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