How denying legal capacity impacts on life of people with intellectual disabilities – series of reports

To show the importance of having the right to decide about one’s own life, we made reports on various aspects of legal capacity. These aspects are aligned with our 5E’s campaigns for full rights and inclusion strategy 2018-2022.

Empower: The right to make decisions

English:

• Legal capacity and empowerment (.pdf)

Elect: Right to decide and political life 

English:

• Right to decide and political life. How (the denial of) legal capacity impacts citizenship (.pdf)
• Right to decide and political life – easy-to-read (.pdf)

français:

• Droit de décider et vie politique De quelle manière (le déni de) la capacité juridique impacte la citoyenneté ? (.pdf)

Deutsch:

• Entscheidungsrechte und politisches LebenWie die Versagung der Rechtsfähigkeit sich auf die Staatsbürgerschaft auswirkt (.pdf)

polski:

• Prawo do podejmowania decyzji i do uczestnictwa w życiu politycznymJak zdolność do czynności prawnych (lub jej brak) wpływa naobywatelskość (.pdf)

magyar:

• A döntéshez való jog és a politikai élet Könnyen érthető változat A vastag betűs szavak magyarázatát a szöveg végén találod (.pdf)

Educate:

Education and legal capacity briefing:

• Education and Legal Capacity briefing in English, French, and Polish.

Employ:

Employment and legal capacity.

• Briefing on employment and legal capacity available in English, French, German, Polish.

 

Go further:

• All about right to decide
• Safeguards in measures relating to the exercise of legal capacity