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This Commentary provides the first comprehensive legal article-by-article analysis of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Convention is the key international human rights instrument exclusively devoted to persons with disabilities and the centerpiece of international efforts to address inequalities and barriers they encounter to the full enjoyment of human rights. The book discusses the Convention’s position within existing international human rights law and within the framework of the United Nations measures to protect the rights of people with disabilities. Starting with the background of all the Convention’s articles, including the travaux préparatoires, this Commentary examines each provision’s substance and interpretation, and explores the significance of each right, its legal scope and relationship with other international legal norms and principles. A unique contribution also analyzes the Optional Protocol to the Convention. In addition to enriching academic studies of international human rights law, the book provides insights into the practical operation of the Convention’s provisions by assessing the practice of the CRPD Committee, the activities of relevant international and regional human rights bodies in enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities and the contracting parties’ implementation practices. Relevant European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union and, if appropriate, other regional jurisdictions’ case law, as well as the jurisprudence of domestic courts, are taken into consideration. Contributions from leading scholars and international experts make this book an indispensable resource for lawyers, academics, students, journalists, international organizations, NGOs and other stakeholders wanting to better understand the rights of people with disabilities. Furthermore, it makes a valuable contribution to appraising the impact of the Convention in the legal orders of contracting parties and to charting the way forward in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities

Law. --- International law. --- Human rights. --- Social work. --- Human Rights. --- Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations. --- Social Work. --- People with mental disabilities --- People with mental disabilities. --- Intellectually disabled persons --- Mental disabilities, People with --- Mentally deficient persons --- Mentally disabled persons --- Mentally disordered persons --- Mentally handicapped --- Mentally retarded persons --- People with intellectual disabilities --- Retarded persons --- People with disabilities --- Intellectual disability --- Mentally ill --- Benevolent institutions --- Philanthropy --- Relief stations (for the poor) --- Social service agencies --- Social welfare --- Social work --- Human services --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- Social service.

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Pour les architectes, le traité de Vitruve, écrit au Ier siècle av. J.-C., fait figure de livre saint, aussi fondateur que mystérieux. À rebours de l'exégèse sans fin dont il a fait l'objet depuis sa redécouverte à la Renaissance, André Tavares se penche ici non pas sur le contenu théorique du texte ni sur la biographie de son auteur mais sur l'histoire matérielle de ce volumen antique qui connut, depuis l'invention de l'imprimerie, d'innombrables incarnations éditoriales, du grand in-folio au livre de poche. Depuis son édition princeps à Rome en 1486, il en existe en effet près de trois cents éditions – dont plus de la moitié paraissent au XXe siècle –, partielles ou abrégées, en fac-similé ou commentées, traduites dans la plupart des langues, européennes ou non. Explorant ce vaste corpus, le présent essai décrit l'évolution formelle du texte antique – mise en page, iconographie, rapport texte-image –, identifie les foyers géographiques de sa diffusion, retrace la trajectoire de ses éditeurs successifs, dont le travail éditorial et les commentaires ont orienté sa lecture, compare enfin les multiples interprétations architecturales d'une simple phrase de Vitruve, celle consacrée aux cours à quatre colonnes, dites « tétrastyles ». En suivant pas à pas la circulation et les usages du traité, il met ainsi en lumière sa construction progressive en tant que classique et, au-delà, le rôle des livres dans la pratique des architectes.

Vitruve, 0090?-0020? av. J.-C. --- Architecture --- Histoire du livre. --- Édition --- Histoire. --- Philosophie. --- Vitruve (0090?-0020? av. J.-C.). --- Vitruve --- Influence.

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Thirty years of the Portuguese architectural powerhouse behind Harvard Square’s new theater.This publication surveys the projects of Portuguese architectural firm Promontorio from the past 30 years. Formed in 1990 as an experimental studio, the full-service firm has grown into a team of 50 architects, planners, landscape architects, interior designers and graphic designers. Although Promontorio works predominantly within their country of origin, it casts a wide net, geographically and functionally speaking, developing projects across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the US that serve a diverse roster of needs―from schools, museums and cultural institutions to housing, offices, hotels and retail. The practice is distinguished by its penchant for sharp lines and concrete, as emblematized by the Egyptian consulate building in Lisbon (2017), AC Marriott Portsmouth Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (2017) and Harvard Square Theater in Cambridge (2021, with Merge Architects).