The "socially negotiable" aspect seems to be a commonly-viewed part of human rights, these days. I wonder if the original questioner was not thinking more along the concept of natural (human) rights, more-or-less as the UN Human Rights documents seem to promote.
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> Human rights according to whom? When you speak of human rights, we are
> talking about a wide range of socially negotiable perceptions on what
> constitutes "human rights."
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> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Frank Hall-Bentick
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> > Does anybody know of any detail comparisons of Social model of
> > Disability v's human rights model.
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> > Frank
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> > From: Vivienne Topp <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:06 PM
> > Subject: Greetings from Dili
> > To: Frank Hall-Bentick <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Dear Frank
> > How are you ? I am here in the pouring rain to work with RHTO
> > [National DPO of Timor Leste] on the elections. HI did a workshop a
> > couple of weeks ago and I am wanting to comment on their report - in
> > which they uphold a social model of disability. I have been trying to
> > get a comparison of social v's human rights model - so that I am exact
> > in my criticism however can't find much of assistance on the internet.
> > Can you point me towards any articles/comment?
> > Many thanks
> > Kind Regards
> > Vivienne
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