Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia

Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia

The promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities (PWD) have not seen much progress in the past decades. Disabled people especially the elderly have been mainly neglected. They need proper attention because they are weak,handicapped, and unable to live and make decision indepen...

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Main Authors: Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham, Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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KPG Malaysia
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/52723/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/52723/1/national%20seminar_complete_1.12.16.pdf
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spelling iium-527232016-12-02T00:15:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52723/ Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin KPG Malaysia The promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities (PWD) have not seen much progress in the past decades. Disabled people especially the elderly have been mainly neglected. They need proper attention because they are weak,handicapped, and unable to live and make decision independently. The United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has provided significant attention to the elderly with disabilities to improve their rights especially relating to their life, dignity, employment, social security, health and housing. Under the convention State Party must include protection and care for elder with disabilities within its legal and policy framework. As a State Member to CRPD, Malaysia has enacted the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008 to fulfil the international obligations improving the laws and policy relating to disabled people. Malaysia has two policies related with elderly; National Policy for the Elderly and National Health Policy for Older Persons. These policies however, focus disability in terms of access to health rather than other rights that might suit with elderly with disabilities. With the existence of CRPD and PWD Act 2008, there is needed to consider broader rights of elderly with disabilities including social support system, accessible rights to buildings, facilities, employment, education and situation of risks and humanitarian emergencies. Thus, it is pertinent to analyse the possible legal and policy strategies that can be implemented in Malaysia to provide such protection for elderly with disabilities from being abused and neglected by the society. 2015-11-19 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52723/1/national%20seminar_complete_1.12.16.pdf Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham and Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin (2015) Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia. In: National seminar protecting elderly against abuse and neglect legal and social strategies, 19th November 2015, Faculty of Law, University Malaya.. (Unpublished)
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Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia
description The promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities (PWD) have not seen much progress in the past decades. Disabled people especially the elderly have been mainly neglected. They need proper attention because they are weak,handicapped, and unable to live and make decision independently. The United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has provided significant attention to the elderly with disabilities to improve their rights especially relating to their life, dignity, employment, social security, health and housing. Under the convention State Party must include protection and care for elder with disabilities within its legal and policy framework. As a State Member to CRPD, Malaysia has enacted the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008 to fulfil the international obligations improving the laws and policy relating to disabled people. Malaysia has two policies related with elderly; National Policy for the Elderly and National Health Policy for Older Persons. These policies however, focus disability in terms of access to health rather than other rights that might suit with elderly with disabilities. With the existence of CRPD and PWD Act 2008, there is needed to consider broader rights of elderly with disabilities including social support system, accessible rights to buildings, facilities, employment, education and situation of risks and humanitarian emergencies. Thus, it is pertinent to analyse the possible legal and policy strategies that can be implemented in Malaysia to provide such protection for elderly with disabilities from being abused and neglected by the society.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham
Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
author_facet Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham
Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
author_sort Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham
title Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia
title_short Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia
title_full Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia
title_fullStr Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the UN convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities: lesson for Malaysia
title_sort promoting the rights of elderly with disabilities through the un convention on the rights of persons with disabilities: lesson for malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/52723/
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