Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
72468:Special LecturesⅠ (C) 2020 Fall(Intensive) Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences ZHANG WANHONG 2

Campus

KIC

Class Venue

SOSHIKAN　SO401

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

This course studies the latest concept of disability rights and its legal protection in/after the Covid-19 Pandemic. It will address the challenges confronted by persons with disabilities in our society through lens of history (disability models, timeline of social movements), law (including CRPD and domestic laws on legal capacity and access to justice) and community empowerment (such as accessibility and reasonable accommodation, independent living, social security, education and employment). A human rights model derived from the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its precedent treaties will be introduced to discuss the substantive equality for persons with disabilities. Cases and local practice from Japan, China and other countries will be used to explore how to identify the vulnerability, recognized the inherent dignity and strength, and build the resilience of persons with disabilities in and after the pandemic.

The course classes mix the method of lecture and participatory discussion. It will use multiple resources such as documentary videos, inclusive arts and news stories to illustrate the disability rights issues.

Student Attainment Objectives

The course aims enlighten students on the latest idea on disability and equality through the human rights model established by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and explore the practice frontier among typical countries and communities. In particular, it will help students to:
1) Understand the new conception of disability rights and substantive equality;
2) Learn the international and domestic legal framework to ensure the equal participation of persons with disabilities in all aspects of their daily life;
3) Improve the strategies to advocate for the equal rights of vulnerable groups in and after the crisis of Covid-19 pandemic

Recommended Preparatory Course

International Human Rights Law
Civil Law
Political Science Courses on the theories of justice and social movements

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1

Introduction: Disability Models and Disability Issues under the Pandemic

2

Brief on CRPD and Discussion on Disability Advocacy Videos

3

Equality, Anti-discrimination and Reasonable Accommodation

4

Overview of Global Disability Rights Movements and Domestic Legislation

The Fight,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/may/05/fighting-for-a-pension-disability-rights-protesters-in-bolivia-face-barricades

5

Legal Capability and Adult Guardianship

Michael Bach and Lana Kerzner, A new paradigm for protecting autonomy and the right to legal capacity, ( 2010) Law Commission of Ontario 196.
https://www.lco-cdo.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/disabilities-commissioned-paper-bach-kerzner.pdf
6

Right to Education and Inclusive Education

7

Right to Employment and Inclusive Employment

8

Independent Living and Inclusive Community

Capitol Crawl, https://adaptmuseum.net/gallery/picture.php?/943/category/4
Community-based rehabilitation: CBR guidelines,
 https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/community-based-rehabilitation-cbr-guidelines

9

Disability and (Domestic) Violence

10

Culture and Awareness of Disability

11

Accessibility

12

Social Security

13

Disability, Sex and Gender

Julia Bahner, Mapping the terrain of disability and sexuality: from policy to practice, Ars Vivendi Journal No. 11 (March 2019):27-47
14

Health and Rehabilitation

15

Access to Justice

Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: International Principles and Guidelines on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities

Class Format

Recommendations for Private Study

1) Students are encouraged to do the readings before each class and explore the disability experience in real world through the recommended methods, reference books and webpages;
2) Students are encouraged to bring personal feelings and observation to the class discussion;
3) Students are encouraged to explore the intersectional issues of disability and their own academic background such as nature science, computer science, literature, arts, geography, sociology, social work, and many other disciplines;
4) Students are welcome to document and share their comments through vlogs and other social media forum on disability issues in the society.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written) 0

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)		 0

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

授業内で説明します

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

1) put the abstract concept of the Convention and laws into daily life of persons with disabilities;
2) try to follow and observe the efforts of a local origination of persons with disabilities (OPD);
3) try to observe a court hearing that involves defendants, plaintiff, witness, jurors, judges, lawyers or other participants with disabilities;
4) try to observe a public discussion including congress debate and other campaign on street of media that involves disability policy such as health care, education or employment;
5) note that all the rights of persons with disabilities are interlinked and indispensable for them to be a “whole person” in the society.

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Disabled Justice? Access to Justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 1) Eilionoir Flynn Ashgate
From Rhetoric to Action, Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2) Eilionoir Flynn Cambridge University Press
Substantive equality revisited, 3) Sandra Fredman International Journal of Constitutional Law, Volume 14, Issue 3, July
European Yearbook of Disability Law 4) Lisa Waddington, Gerard Quinn, Eilionoir volume 1-5, Intersentia
The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation, 5) Doris Fleischer, Frieda Zames Temple University Press

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Reference Books

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Communication Paper

Other Comments

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