Domesticating international standards of education for children with intellectual disabilities: a case study of Kenya and South Africa

dc.contributor.authorWakefield, Lorenzo
dc.contributor.authorMurungi, Nkatha L.
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-19T12:54:39Z
dc.date.available2013-02-19T12:54:39Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractInternational law approaches the right to education for children with disabilities in a rather generic way. This means that the rights of children with intellectual disabilities have to be gleaned from the general provisions of the conventions. In view of the centrality of intellectual capacity in the context of education, it is imperative to decipher the import of the right to education for children with intellectual disabilities. For this purpose, this chapter explores the content of international law on the right to education of children with intellectual disabilities. It uses two case studies to assess the approach of African states to the domestication of the obligations in this regard. Kenya and South Africa have both ratified the CRC, ACRWC and the CRPD. Further, Kenya has ratified and South Africa signed the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationWakefield, L. & Murungi, N. L. (2011). Domesticating international standards of education for children with intellectual disabilities: a case study of Kenya and South Africa. In Grobbelaar-du Plessis, I & van Reenen, T. (eds). Aspects of Disability Law in Africa. Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press, pp133-156en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-920538-02-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/545
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.pulp.up.ac.za/pdf/2012_01/2012_01.pdf
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherPretoria University Law Pressen_US
dc.rights© 2011 Wakefield & Murungi; licensee Pretoria University Law Press. This is an Open Access chapter in book, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectDisability lawen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectRight to educationen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectChildren's rightsen_US
dc.subjectUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitiesen_US
dc.titleDomesticating international standards of education for children with intellectual disabilities: a case study of Kenya and South Africaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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