In Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, renowned legal scholar Alan S. Gutterman offers a profound and comprehensive exploration of one of the most urgent and often overlooked dimensions of global human rights. This essential volume traces the evolution of the disability rights movement, critically examines the international legal frameworks that underpin protections for disabled persons, and highlights the ongoing challenges they face across all facets of life?from education and employment to political participation and healthcare.

Drawing from a rich body of legal scholarship, international treaties, and global policy developments, the book provides a compelling narrative that links theory to practice. Gutterman delves into competing models of disability?from the outdated medical model to the increasingly adopted social and rights-based approaches?arguing for inclusive societal transformation that embraces diversity, dignity, and accessibility.

This book is not only a resource for lawyers, policymakers, educators, and advocates, but also a call to action for societies to reevaluate how we perceive and support persons with disabilities. Whether you're new to the field or a seasoned professional, Gutterman's lucid writing and rigorous analysis offer fresh insights and practical guidance.

Key Features:

• Analysis of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its application (or lack thereof) to disability
• Thorough overview of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Examination of intersectionality and the unique experiences of marginalized groups within the disability community
• Critical look at disability inclusion in humanitarian crises, development, labor rights, and aging
• Discussion on the tension between successful aging narratives and ableism

This book was written by Alan S. Gutterman, who is the principal of Gutterman Law & Business, a leading provider of timely and practical legal and business advice for legal and financial professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers in the form of publications, online content, programs, training and consulting services. Alan has established himself as one of the top-selling individual authors in the global legal publishing marketplace, producing a substantial body of work that continues to inform legal and business practice. In addition, Alan is an accomplished independent scholar-practitioner. Drawing from over four decades of experience in counseling small and large businesses and other organizations and serving in senior management positions with several technology-based businesses, he has authored or edited an extensive portfolio of published works spanning organizations, management, leadership, entrepreneurship, business law and transactions, international business, sustainability, impact investment, business and human rights, corporate social responsibility, ageism and ableism. As a trusted counselor to organizations and skilled scholar, Alan's work reflects a deep well of knowledge and appliable wisdom and has been supported and distributed by numerous commercial publishers and is also available through academic social networks (his scholarship has ranked among the Top 100 authors in both the business and law categories on SSRN, earned Top Scholar recognition from ScholarGPS, attracted a broad global readership that placed him among the top 1% of the scholars and other contributors on ResearchGate, and is also indexed on Google Scholar). He has also achieved best-selling status in several Amazon Kindle categories. He has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, teaching classes on corporate finance, venture capital, corporate governance, Japanese business law and law and economic development. He received his A.B., M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, and he has also been designated as a Credentialed Professional Gerontologist (CPG) and admitted as a member of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars.