Other Acts - (08/11/2010)
Type: Acts of the European Union: Report on the right to political participation of persons with mental health problems and persons with intellectual disabilities in the European Union
Authority: European Authorities - European Union (Agency of the European Union on the fundamental rights)
Date: 11/08/2010
Subject: The Report shows that often Member States automatically deny voting rights to persons who do not have legal capacity. In such cases, persons who are not legally entitled to enter into contracts or marry, because they have a mental health problem or an intellectual disability, are automatically denied the right to vote, with no individual assessment by a court or judge of their capacity. This approach seems to contradict the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability on legal capacity.
Classification: Equality - Art. 26 Rights of the disabled
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