Disability Rights and Swiss Citizenship: The Dimensions of Inclusive and Exclusive Integration Criteria
International treaties guarantee ‘fundamental rights’ for disabled people that ensure them a dignified life. However, access to citizenship is subject to specific criteria, which can be difficult to fulfill for people with disabilities. Consequently, there exists an intersecting policy tension betw...
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International treaties guarantee ‘fundamental rights’ for disabled people that ensure them a dignified life. However, access to citizenship is subject to specific criteria, which can be difficult to fulfill for people with disabilities. Consequently, there exists an intersecting policy tension between the exemptions of disabled people from citizenship criteria and migration control; both of which are “neighbouring legal fields” to disability law. This study of the Swiss case compiles and examines Swiss law that pertains to foreign migrants with disabilities and focuses on the following questions: (i) How has the legal framework that regulates access to Swiss citizenship for immigrants with a disability evolved over time? (ii) Has said legal framework become inclusive over time? The main findings are the following: (i) immigration and citizenship policies continue to value an individual’s capacity to contribute to society and (ii) the examined case law has developed to being indirectly ableist.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0e255c3bc6e94029b27c646dbeaf41142024-12-20T19:40:23ZdeuUniversity of Fribourg - Division of Sociology, Social Work and Social Policysozialpolitik.ch2297-82242024-12-0192/202410.18753/2297-8224-4812Disability Rights and Swiss Citizenship: The Dimensions of Inclusive and Exclusive Integration CriteriaLeslie Ader0University of Neuchâtel International treaties guarantee ‘fundamental rights’ for disabled people that ensure them a dignified life. However, access to citizenship is subject to specific criteria, which can be difficult to fulfill for people with disabilities. Consequently, there exists an intersecting policy tension between the exemptions of disabled people from citizenship criteria and migration control; both of which are “neighbouring legal fields” to disability law. This study of the Swiss case compiles and examines Swiss law that pertains to foreign migrants with disabilities and focuses on the following questions: (i) How has the legal framework that regulates access to Swiss citizenship for immigrants with a disability evolved over time? (ii) Has said legal framework become inclusive over time? The main findings are the following: (i) immigration and citizenship policies continue to value an individual’s capacity to contribute to society and (ii) the examined case law has developed to being indirectly ableist. https://www.sozialpolitik.ch/article/view/4812DisabilityCitizenshipAbleismHistorical AnalysisLaw |
| spellingShingle | Leslie Ader Disability Rights and Swiss Citizenship: The Dimensions of Inclusive and Exclusive Integration Criteria sozialpolitik.ch Disability Citizenship Ableism Historical Analysis Law |
| title | Disability Rights and Swiss Citizenship: The Dimensions of Inclusive and Exclusive Integration Criteria |
| title_full | Disability Rights and Swiss Citizenship: The Dimensions of Inclusive and Exclusive Integration Criteria |
| title_fullStr | Disability Rights and Swiss Citizenship: The Dimensions of Inclusive and Exclusive Integration Criteria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disability Rights and Swiss Citizenship: The Dimensions of Inclusive and Exclusive Integration Criteria |
| title_short | Disability Rights and Swiss Citizenship: The Dimensions of Inclusive and Exclusive Integration Criteria |
| title_sort | disability rights and swiss citizenship the dimensions of inclusive and exclusive integration criteria |
| topic | Disability Citizenship Ableism Historical Analysis Law |
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