RT Article T1 Reasonable accommodation as a gateway to the equal enjoyment of human rights: from New York to Strasbourg A1 Ferri, Delia LA English YR 2018 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1588526763 AB The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) explicitly embeds the concept of reasonable accommodation within the principle of non-discrimination. Article 2 of the CRPD unambiguously recognizes that reasonable accommodation is vital in enabling persons with disabilities to enjoy and exercise their rights on an equal basis with others. This article argues that in the ten years since its entry into force, the CRPD has stimulated a process of cross-fertilization. In particular, it contends that the CRPD has played a crucial role in the advancement of disability equality, and in the recognition of reasonable accommodation as a gateway to the equal enjoyment of all human rights within the European human rights system. By adopting a legal perspective and a traditional doctrinal approach, this article focuses on relevant European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) case law. It shows the gradual adoption by the ECtHR of the concept of reasonable accommodation as an essent K1 Menschenrechte K1 Diskriminierung K1 Behinderter K1 Behinderung K1 Gleichberechtigung K1 Gesetzgebung DO 10.17645/si.v6i1.1204