Ferri, Delia and Leahy, Ann and Šubic, Neža and Urzel, Léa (2022) Implementing the Right of People with Disabilities to Participate in Cultural Life across Five European Countries: Narratives and Counternarratives. Journal of Human Rights Practice. pp. 1-20. ISSN 1757-9619

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Abstract

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a ground-breaking treaty that constitutes persons with disabilities as holders of rights and active members of society, and encompasses civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. Article 30 of the Convention provides for the right of persons with disabilities to participate in cultural life. The importance of this provision lies in its detailed normative content, and also in that it sheds a light on the need for appropriate policies and practices that enhance cultural participation of persons with disabilities. By investigating the extent to which Article 30 of the Convention has been implemented across five European states (Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden), this article identifies common narratives and counternarratives related to the realization of the right to participate in cultural life. It adopts a socio-legal approach and a blended methodology combining desk-based and empirical research. It contrasts official narratives, which highlight good practices and steps taken to improve access to culture, with counternarratives that reveal a fragmentary approach to cultural participation of persons with disabilities, persisting barriers, limited recognition of artists with disabilities, and the perpetuation of stigma and stereotypes.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	accessibility; barriers; CRPD; empirical research; right to participate in cultural life;
Academic Unit:	Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Centre for European and Eurasian Studies Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
Item ID:	16692
Depositing User:	Delia Ferri
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2022 11:55
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Human Rights Practice
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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