Abstract Background The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (UNCRPD) establishes a right to legal capacity for all people, including those …

Machine generated contents note: 1. Theoretical and historical foundations of the right to
equal recognition before the law; 2. The meaning of the right: interpreting Article 12 of the …

According to what we propose to call “the competence model,” competence is a necessary
condition for valid informed consent. If a person is not competent to make a treatment …

Supported decision-making is at the forefront of modern disability research. This is due to
Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which …

Henry Rayhons and Donna Young did not expect to find love again after being
widowed.'They met in their late 60s, and first flirted in church while singing for the choir. Two …

Mental health tribunals are responsible for making decisions about compulsory treatment for
individuals considered a risk to themselves and others due to mental disorder. They are …

This paper aims to summarise the current understanding and literature around Article 12 of
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It provides a brief history …

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are documents by means of which mental health
service users can make known their preferences regarding treatment in a future mental …

LEGAL CAPACITY FOR ALL: INCLUDING OLDER PERSONS IN THE SHIFT FROM ADULT
GUARDIANSHIP TO SUPPORTED DECISION- MAKING Page 1 LEGAL CAPACITY FOR …

Can one consent to sex in advance? Scholars have neglected the temporal dimension of
sexual consent, and this theoretical gap has significant practical implications. With the aging …