Legal capacity of persons with disabilities
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CRPDAccess to court and legal aidEquality and non-discriminationParticipationPersons with disabilities2017-2020
- Laws and regulationsMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should consider systemic change by replacing guardianship and all other forms of substituted decision-making with supported decision-making for all persons with disabilities, …
- Laws and regulationsPractices and guidelinesMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should repeal the Guardianship Act, which allows for the deprivation of legal capacity based on impairment, ensure that no person is placed …
- Laws and regulationsPractices and guidelinesMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should establish a legal procedure aimed at restoring the full legal capacity of all persons with disabilities, and, in the adoption of …
- Practices and guidelinesMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should create appropriate and effective safeguards for the exercise of legal capacity that are monitored and supervised at the county level to …
- Training and capacity buildingMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should conduct capacity-building activities for public officials on the right of persons with disabilities to equal recognition before the law and on …