Introduction

Abstract

How does the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ (CRPD 2006) interact with different cultural contexts during its ratification, implementation and monitoring processes? What perspectives to, and concepts of, ‘culture’ impact on these processes? These questions inform this edited book, which offers a global perspective to the analysis of diverse cultural perspectives and the processes of translating International Human Rights Law into them. While States Parties and their identified cultures are crucial in deciding how the CRPD will be received, the contributors to this book provide insight into the many different ways culture can have an impact on human rights including interdisciplinary perspectives, arts and theatre, disability cultures and indigeneity.