CHAPTER CONTENTS

Last updated February 2024


Human Rights of People with Disabilityclick to download a pdf of this chapter
Direct or Indirect Discrimination against People with Disability
Protecting Human Rights of People with Disability Using Non-legal and Quasi-legal Mechanisms
Restriction of People with Intellectual or Cognitive Impairment to Prevent Harm
Disability and Medical Treatment
Disability, Marriage, Family and Adoption
Disability, Contracts and Consumer Protection
Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Disability, Enduring Documents, Wills and Estates
Elections, Capacity and Assistance for Voters with Disability

It is important to understand that some laws, policies and practices disproportionately impact people with disability and can act to exclude people with disability. Recognising the rights of people with disability has involved a shift away from a paternalistic approach, where decisions that are deemed to be in the person’s ‘best interest’ are made for them, to a human rights perspective that embraces the notion of people with disability as rights bearers.