Building up a constructive relationship between law and the social sciences to investigate the “CRPD-in-action”: experiences from a descriptive study
Keywords:
Voting, disability, disability legal scholarship, social science and disability, New Legal Realism, votar, discapacidad, estudios legales sobre discapacidad, ciencias sociales y discapacidad, Nuevo Realismo LegalAbstract
Voting rights of persons with disabilities must be ensured by States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD sets out legal obligations of States Parties to ensure de jure and de facto realisation of the right to vote by persons with disabilities. How can a disability researcher analyse compliance by States Parties with the CRPD? The present article argues that for achieving a fully developed disability legal scholarship, legal studies about the implementation of the CRPD need to combine the perspectives of jurisprudence and social sciences. Based on the author’s experience in carrying out the ongoing study “Voting Matters”, this article examines an innovative theoretical and methodological framework to understand how the CRPD is implemented through law and policy, and “in practice”. This means to investigate the “CRPD-in-action”. It concludes that this is a challenging task that can be accomplished through an evidence-based approach and a mixed-research design.
El derecho al voto de las personas con discapacidad debe ser garantizado por los Estados Parte de la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad (CDPD). La Convención establece obligaciones de los Estados para asegurar el ejercicio del derecho al voto de jure y de facto por parte de las personas con discapacidad. ¿Cómo puede analizarse la implementación de la Convención? Este artículo propone que, para alcanzar un análisis legal robusto sobre la implementación de la CDPD, estudios legales en este campo deben incorporar el derecho y las ciencias sociales. Con base en su experiencia como investigadora del estudio en curso “Votar es importante", la autora presenta un novedoso marco conceptual y metodológico para analizar cómo la Convención se implementa a través de la ley y las políticas nacionales, y “en la práctica”, es decir para investigar la “CDPD-en-acción”. Este artículo concluye que esta es una tarea compleja que puede adelantarse a través de estudios basados en la evidencia y métodos combinados de investigación.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1358
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