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This article will explore the methodologies employed in a collaborative research project on lived experience of exercise or denial of legal capacity, known as the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) project. In so doing, the project's research team will reflect on key decisions about the project's background, design, implementation (including the recruitment and selection of participants, workshops and editing contributions) and considerations for further research.

Theoretical framework for the voices project / Clíona de Bhailís /Project methodology and background / Eilionoir Flynn -- Introduction to criminal responsibility / Anna arstein-kerslake -- Going to pot : Nick's journey through the criminal justice system / Nicholas Clarke, Chloe Hocking, and Nell Munro -- Questions of criminal culpability and persons with disabilities / Amita Dhanda and Gabor Gombos -- Conclusion : criminal responsibility / Anna Arstein-Kerslake -- Introduction to contractual capacity / Clíona de Bhailís -- I have the strength to speak up for myself : Nikona nguvu ya kujiongelelea / Joy Rehema and Emer O'Shea -- Silenced, alone, powerless : my life as a ward of court in Ireland / Claire Hendrick and Donna MC Namara -- "The law is very complicated" / Dermot Lowndes and Jan Strnad -- Travel and dementia : one story, many rights / Helen Rochford Brennan and Moira Jenkins -- Consumer law, contracts & support : I had one dream to buy a simple smartphone / Marieta Petrova and Aylin Yumerova -- From institutional life to home ownership : a personal story demonstrating the power of support to enable the exercise of legal capacity / Paul Alford and Michelle Browning -- Conclusion : contractual capacity / Clíona de Bhailís -- Introduction to relationships and consent to sex / María Laura Serra -- Marriage and intellectual disability in Ireland : my sister is married, why can't I get married? / Maria Mahony and Sarah Richardson -- Dreaming of traveling, dreaming of freedom : relationships and the right to support / Ronnie Harris and Jana Offergeld -- Conclusion : relationships and consent to sex / María Laura Serra -- Introduction to consent to medical treatment / Eilionóir Flynn -- This is not a story : from ethical loneliness to respect for diverse ways of knowing, thinking, and being / Cath Roper and Piers Gooding -- Getting sucked out of that black hole termed India's legal mental health machinery / Lavanya Seshayee and Maths Jesperson -- Consent is more than just yes or no / Fiona Anderson and Bo Chen -- The humour in my tumour : respecting legal capacity in health care decision making / Reshma Vallippan and Roxanne Mykitiuk -- Conclusion : consent to medical treatment / Eilionóir Flynn -- Freedom : a work in progress / Rusi Stanev and Sheila Wildeman -- Overall conclusion / Eilionóir Flynn

From the continental law, this paper analyses the situation regarding the rights and fundamental freedoms of women with disabilities in Qatar. The analysis uses as the main reference, Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the General Comment that the CRPD Committee has made to this article. In this aspect, it tries to outline the difficulties that Qatar, as a State party, has in order to be able and take the very first steps towards a real inclusion for women with disabilities

Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provides that persons with disabilities are entitled to full legal capacity on an equal basis with others and obliges State Parties to provide access to the support that they may require exercising this legal capacity. This paper analyzes the main implications of this Article and its impact on Qatar´s legal system, focusing on the general regulation of legal capacity and provisions in the domain of Private Law, including Family Law. We examine how Qatar´s legislation needs to be adapted to the new paradigm of the CRPD, overcoming preconceptions based on the medical model and assistencialism, which is focused on protection, and moving towards the social model and the human rights approach, aimed at promoting the autonomy of persons with disabilities. To comply with Article 12, Qatar must review the legal provisions that allow the deprivation or restriction of legal capacity on the basis of disability and that require "be[ing] of sound of mind" as a condition to perform legal acts or to exercise rights. Qatar must also take action to replace regimes of substituted decision-making with supported decision-making – extending some support mechanisms available in current legislation – and to ensure the respect of the person's will and preferences.

RESUMEN: Este artículo analiza el sentido e implicaciones del Artículo 12 de la Convención Internacional sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapadad a la luz de la Observación General Nº1 de su Comité y se centra en determinar su impacto en el régimen general de atribución de personalidad y capacidad jurídica y en el ámbito del Derecho Privado y de Familia del Estado de Qatar. ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes the meaning and implications of Article 12 of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the light of the General Comment No. 1 of its Committee. It focuses on determining the impact of this General Comment to the general regime of personality and capacity attribution in the field of Private law and Family law on Qatar. PALABRAS CLAVE: capacidad jurídica, CDPD, derecho privado, legislación qatarí. KEYWORDS: legal capacity – CRPD – private law – Qatari legislation.

RESUMEN: Este trabajo considera la conceptualización y aplicación de la figura de los ajustes razonables en Qatar tras nueve años desde la ratificación de la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad (CDPD). En él se trata de analizar la situación de igualdad y no discriminación de las personas con discapacidad utilizando como medida de impacto la figura de ajustes razonables. El artículo destaca las principales fallas y virtudes del Estado de Qatar respecto a esta figura y traza un camino a fin de poder avanzar en la inclusión de las personas con discapacidad a la luz de la CDPD. ABSTRACT: This paper considers the conceptualization and application of reasonable acommodation in Qatar after nine years since the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It analyzes the situation of equality and non-discrimination of people with disabilities using the figure of reasonable adjustments as an impact measure. The article highlights the main failures and virtues of the State of Qatar regarding reasonable accommodation and draws a path to move forward in the inclusion of people with disabilities in the light of the CRPD. PALABRAS CLAVE: ajustes razonables, igualdad, CDPD, Qatar. KEYWORDS: reasonable accommodation, equality, CRPD, Qatar.