UNIWERSYTET W BIAŁYMSTOKU WYDZIAŁ PRAWA BIAŁOSTOCKIE STUDIA PRAWNICZE BIAŁYSTOK 2018 VOLUME 23 nr 4 BIAŁOSTOCKIE STUDIA PRAWNICZE VOLUME 23 nr 4 Editor-in-Chief of the Publisher Wydawnictwo Temida 2: Cezary Kosikowski Chair of the Advisory Board of the Publisher Wydawnictwo Temida 2: Emil W. Pływaczewski Advisory Board: Representatives of the University of Białystok: Stanisław Bożyk, Leonard Etel, Ewa M. Guzik-Makaruk, Adam Jamróz, Dariusz Kijowski, Cezary Kosikowski, Cezary Kulesza, Agnieszka Malarewicz-Jakubów, Maciej Perkowski, Stanisław Prutis, Eugeniusz Ruśkowski, Walerian Sanetra, Joanna Sieńczyło- Chlabicz, Ryszard Skarzyński, Halina Święczkowska, Jaroslav Volkonovski, Mieczysława Zdanowicz. Representatives of other Polish Universities: Marian Filar (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Edward Gniewek (University of Wrocław), Lech Paprzycki (Kozminski University in Warsaw), Stanisław Waltoś (Jagiellonian University in Kraków). Representatives of Foreign Universities and Institutions: Lilia Abramczyk (Janek Kupała State University in Grodno, Belarus),Vladimir Babčak (University of Kosice, Slovakia), Renata Almeida da Costa (University of La Salle, Brazil), Chris Eskridge (University of Nebraska, the USA), Jose Luis Iriarte (University of Nebraska, the USA) Marina Karasjewa (University of Voronezh, Russia), Alexei S. Kartsov (Federal Constitutional Court in St. Petersburg, Russia), Bernhard Kitous (University of Rennes, France), Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz (University of Bern), Martin Krygier (Th e University of New South Wales, Australia), Anthony Minnaar (University of South Africa, South Africa), Antonello Miranda (University of Palermo, Italy), Petr Mrkyvka (University of Masaryk, Czech Republic), Marcel Alexander Niggli (University of Freiburg, Switzerland) Andrej A. Novikov (State University of St Petersburg, Russia), Sławomir Redo (Academic Council on the United Nations System), Jerzy Sarnecki (University of Stockholm, Sweden), Rick Sarre (University of South Australia, Australia), Kevin Saunders (Michigan State University, the USA), Bernd Schünemann (University of Munich, Germany), Sebastiano Tafaro (University of Bari, Italy), Wiktor Trinczuk (Kyiv National Economic University, Ukraine), Elena Chernikova (Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia), Bogusia Puchalska (Central Lancashire University in Preston, the UK). Editors: Editor-in-Chief: Elżbieta Kużelewska Editorial Secretary: Ewa Lotko, Paweł Czaplicki Other Editors: Andrzej Sakowicz, Urszula K. Zawadzka-Pąk © Copyright by Wydział Prawa Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, Temida 2, Białystok 2018 No part of this work may be reproduced and distributed in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical), including photocopying – without the written permission of the Publisher. Th e original version of the journal is a print one. ISSN 1689–7404 Language Editors: Ewa Brajczewska (Polish), Richard Crow (English) Statistical Editor: Ewa Glińska Volume Th eme Editors: Anna Drabarz Volume Secretary: Wioleta Hryniewicka-Filipkowska Graphic and Typographic Development: Jerzy Banasiuk Cover Design: Bogusława Guenther Publisher: Faculty of Law, University of Białystok; Temida 2 All volumes can be purchased from Wydawnictwo Temida 2, address ul. A. Mickiewicza 1, 15-213 Białystok, e-mail: [email protected], Tel. +48 85 745 71 68 Contents Anetta Breczko, Marta Andruszkiewicz The Question of the Value of Human Life in Theoretical Discussions and in Practice. A Legal Philosophical and Theory of Law Perspective ..................9 Monika Domańska People with Disabilities as a Vulnerable Group. The Concept of Protection of Rights of Vulnerable Groups ................................................................................25 Michael Schwartz Providing Effective Communication Access for Deaf People: An Insider’s Perspective ...........................................................................................35 Maciej Perkowski, Maciej Oksztulski Autism as a Disability (From the Lawyer’s Perspective) ........................................43 Elena Shinkareva Development of Law on Protection from Disability-based Discrimination in Russia ...................................................................................................................57 Katarzyna Laskowska Social and Legal Situation of Handicapped Persons in the Russian Federation ....67 Eric Namungalu Dealing with Legal Capacity and Its Related Challenges in Uganda .....................79 Cora True-Frost American Law, Global Norms: The Challenge of Enforcing Children with Disabilities’ Right to a Free and Appropriate Education ................................87 Ramona Duminică, Andra Puran The Right to Education for the Persons with Disabilities. Special View on the Romanian Legislation ...................................................................................99 5 Contens Iwona Wrońska Children with Disabilities in the Committee Ministers of the Council of Europe’s Soft Law ..............................................................................................109 James W. Hynes, Ph.D., William D. Edgington, Ed.D When Everything Old is New Again: Amish Career and Technical Education .....125 Katarzyna Jaworska The Concept and Entitlements of the Unemployed with Disabilities .....................135 Cezary Pachnik The Protection Provided by the CPRD for Persons with Schizophrenia in the Field of Employment – from a Polish Perspective .......................................145 Karolina Sztobryn The New Provisions on Access to Protected Works for Visually Impaired Persons – One Small Step for Copyright, One Giant Leap for People with Disabilities ....159 Tomasz Dubowski The European Union and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Selected Institutional Aspects of Implementation ......................169 Sylwia Afrodyta Karowicz-Bienias Nazi Crimes on People with Disabilities in the Light of International Law – a Brief Review .....................................................................................................187 Commentary Urszula Drozdowska Commentary on the Judgment of the Court of Appeal in Katowice of 11 September 2015, Reference Number V Aca 109/15 .................................................................197 Review Anna Drabarz Lisa Waddington, Anna Lawson (eds.), The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Practice. A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Courts ..............................................................................................211 Contributors ...........................................................................................................217 List of the Reviewers in 2018 ................................................................................221 6 Białostockie Studia Prawnicze 2018 vol. 23 nr 4 Introduction Over the centuries, in all communities, people with disabilities were stigmatised and excluded from the possibility of equal participation in social life or autonomy– erased from history, sometimes even in a physical way, or deprived of independence as the object of charity. In recent years, there has been a revolutionary global change in approach to close the protection gap and ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the same standards of equality, rights and dignity as everyone else. Th e Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which entered into force in 2008, signalled a “paradigm shift ” from traditional care-oriented, medical-based approaches to disability to one based on human rights. Th e aim of the thematic volume of Bialystok Legal Studies entitled “Disability and Law” was to identify the current barriers and solutions on the way to full- fl edged active functioning of people with disabilities in society and to analyse actual implementation of the rights of people with disabilities in the context of international, regional and national law, as well as in a comparative perspective. Th e wide thematic spectrum encouraged scientists to submit interdisciplinary papers based on fi ndings from various fi elds of science and cultural, geographical and temporal realities, as well as from their personal experience. Th e authors from numerous universities and academic units worldwide prepared a fascinating and diverse set of papers on the legal, socio-economic and educational conditions of disability – including examination of attempts to defi ne the value of human life and the phenomenon of disability in philosophy and law, implementation of fundamental and constitutional rights of people with disabilities – also regarding specifi c impairments, rights of groups with special needs in education, employment policies and access to culture for people with disabilities, lessons from the past for protection against violence. Th e editors would like to express their deep gratitude to all of the authors for their invaluable contributions to this volume of the journal and to the general debate 7 Introduction on the issues connected with disability – and of course, to invite them as well as the readers to continue and inspire the dialogue in future. Volume Editors: Anna Drabarz Wioleta Hryniewicka-Filipkowska 8 Białostockie Studia Prawnicze 2018 vol. 23 nr 4 Białostockie Studia Prawnicze 2018 vol. 23 nr 4 DOI: 10.15290/bsp.2018.23.04.01 Anetta Breczko University of Białystok [email protected] ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4856-5396 Marta Andruszkiewicz University of Białystok [email protected] ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3731-7258