Civil Rights
Aug. 28, 2008
A Disabling Decision
The Bush administration’s position that the strength of U.S. disability laws obviates the need to sign a U.N. human rights treaty is simply incorrect, writes Michael Waterstone. - Forum Column
Michael Waterstone
Fritz B. Burns Dean
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Email: michael.waterstone@lls.edu
By Michael Waterstone
This article appears on Page 4
The world's largest minority group is people with disabilities. Especially in the developing world, this population is overwhelming poor and lacking in basic rights. Recent news accounts have shown people with mental disabilities being kept in cages and even castrated. Yet even in this era where "human rights" is an international buzzword, up until now p...
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