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At the Judge Rotenberg Center, a school for students suffering from severe emotional and psychiatric behaviors, including autism-like disorders, skin shock is a treatment that can be administered after court and parent approval.
Read more: UN Seeks to End Shock Treatment at Boston Area School…
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On March 11, 2010, Canada ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)— the first legally binding international treaty protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. The CRPD, in 50 articles, articulates what existing human rights mean within a disability context and establishes reporting and monitoring procedures for States Parties. Additionally, there is an Optional Protocol (OP) which provides for a complaints mechanism. The OP allows groups and individuals, after having exhausted all national resources, to have the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities consider a claim that a State Party has violated the provisions in the CRPD.
Read more: Canada Ratifies Historic UN Treaty on Disability Rights…
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