Editorial : Your legal rights : "The Devil's in the Detail"!
By: Fisher, Helen.
Series: Interaction 23 (1) 2009: 4-5.Publisher: 2009Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
| INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY | DECISION MAKING | HUMAN RIGHTS | LEGAL ASPECTS | AUSTRALIASummary: Considers Article 12 (equal recognition before the law) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Discusses the issues involved in decision- making by people with intellectual disability, substitute decision-making and the threat to Guardianship. Notes that in Australia, the Victorian Law Commission is undertaking a comprehensive review of the Victorian Guardianship Legislation. This review is being undertaken within the framework of the UN Convention and will directly influence what other jurisdictions around Australia (and the world) will do to implement Article 12.
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Considers Article 12 (equal recognition before the law) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Discusses the issues involved in decision- making by people with intellectual disability, substitute decision-making and the threat to Guardianship. Notes that in Australia, the Victorian Law Commission is undertaking a comprehensive review of the Victorian Guardianship Legislation. This review is being undertaken within the framework of the UN Convention and will directly influence what other jurisdictions around Australia (and the world) will do to implement Article 12.
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