The decision of the European Court of Human Rights in ET v Moldova [2024] ECHR 858 is one with ramifications… Read more
A Strasbourg shot across the bows for the MCA 2005
Category: CRPD
Intellectual disability, psychiatric admissions and Article 3 – the European Court of Human Rights raises the stakes
In VI v Moldova [2024] ECHR 251, the European Court of Human Rights considered the placement of a 15 year… Read more
If you do not know you are doing wrong, can you sue for not being prevented from doing it?
[Update, the Supreme Court allowed the defendants’ appeal on 21 January 2026; see here] If you have been found by… Read more
Diversity, dignity, equity and best practice: a framework for supported decision-making
As part of ongoing work related to the Australian Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability,… Read more
Why has the challenge to mental capacity associated with the CRPD Committee had so little traction? And should it? Some thoughts
Challenges not just to the application, but the very legitimacy, of the concept of mental capacity over the past 10… Read more
Supported Decision-Making: Meaning and Practice – conference 2 September
A one day seminar on the meaning and practice of supported decision-making is being held by the Centre for Medical… Read more
The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015: Personal and Professional Reflections
Not just those within Ireland, but also those interested from other jurisdictions, in seeing how a hugely important law reform… Read more
The UNCRPD and the 2000 Convention on the International Protection of Adults (and the rights of older persons)
I set out here the text of a joint statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons… Read more
How to undertake a review – lessons from Scotland
The Independent Review of Learning Disability and Autism in Scotland’s mental health legislation has published two important reports to sit… Read more
The CRPD Committee and legal capacity – a step forwards?
The CPRD Committee issued its most recent concluding observations in September 2019, on Albania, Australia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, India,… Read more