Disability rights Rights that are recognised internationally: The UN Disability Convention Key ideas and phrases in the UN Disability Convention How the UN Disability Convention defines “disabled people” UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 1 In the UN…
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Disability rights Rights that are recognised internationally: The UN Disability Convention Rights protected under the UN Disability Convention UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The UN Disability Convention recognises a number of important basic rights. Equality and accessibility: Equality…
Disability rights Rights that are recognised internationally: the UN Disability Convention Enforcing your rights under the UN Disability Convention What can I do if my rights under the UN Disability Convention have been breached? You can complain to the UN Committee on…
Disability Rights Decision making: When others can legally make decisions for you Overview of New Zealand’s substitute decision making approach Tip: People First NZ | Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi have produced a number of Easy Read guides to the law, including information about…
Disability Rights Decision-making: When others can legally make decisions for you How you can choose who might make decisions for you: Enduring powers of attorney Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 By making an enduring power of attorney (an “EPA”),…
Disability Rights Decision-making: When others can legally make decisions for you When judges and others can make decisions for you Overview Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988, ss 5–18, 36, 65 The law says that people over 18 years old…
Disability Rights Decision-making: When others can legally make decisions for you Decisions about adoption, sex and relationships Adoption decisions Adoption Act 1955, s 8(1)(b) Usually, a child can’t be adopted unless the birth parents have agreed to this. But the law says…
Disability Rights Decision making: When others can legally make decisions for you Decisions about buying things and contracts Buying things Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, s 124(2) Sometimes when you buy something, you may be able to return it and get…
Disability Rights Employment: Access to jobs and protection against discrimination In this section we explain these areas of employment law: what you do, and don’t, have to say about an impairment when you’re looking for work minimum wage rates, including when and…
Disability Rights Employment: Access to jobs and protection against discrimination Applying for jobs: What you do and don’t have to say about your impairment What questions can an employer ask me about my impairments? And what do I have to tell them…
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