Combatting Disability Harassment at Work: Human Rights in Practice

by Lucy-Ann Buckley

Overview

Persons with disabilities report high levels of harassment worldwide, often based on intersectional characteristics such as race, gender and age. However, while #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter have highlighted ongoing experiences of sexual and racial harassment, disability harassment has received little attention. This book focuses on legal measures to combat disability harassment at work. It sets disability harassment in its international context, including its human rights framework, and confronts the lack of empirical information by evaluating the Irish legal framework in practice. It explores the capacity of the law to address intersectional harassment, particularly that faced by women with disabilities, and outlines the barriers to effective legal solutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529223798
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	09/22/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	204
File size:	689 KB

About the Author

Lucy-Ann Buckley is Full Professor of Commercial Law and Head of the School of Law at the National University of Limerick

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. The Human Rights Framework

3. Barriers to Effective National Implementation

4. Disability Harassment in Ireland

5. The Irish Legal Framework in Practice

6. Meeting the Global Challenge: Lessons From Experience

7. Conclusion

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This is an innovative contribution to an under-researched area. It makes important links between developments at the international and domestic level, how law is used in practice, and how intersectionality might advance our understanding of disability harassment.” Alysia Blackham, University of Melbourne

"This original and perceptive book deserves praise for raising awareness of disability harassment. Its blend of comparative legal analysis and in-depth case study yields valuable insights for law and policy." Mark Bell, Trinity College Dublin