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.

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《公约》第十二条对残障人权利对卡塔尔私法的影响

《残疾人权利公约》第12条规定，残疾人有权在与他人平等的基础上享有充分的法律行为能力，并责成缔约国提供获得他们可能需要行使的这种法律行为能力的支持。本文分析了本条的主要含义及其对卡塔尔法律体系的影响，重点是对法律能力的一般性规定以及包括家庭法在内的私法领域的规定。我们研究了卡塔尔的立法如何适应《残疾人权利公约》的新范式，克服基于医学模型和援助主义的先入之见，后者以保护为重点，并朝着旨在促进发展的社会模式和人权方针迈进。残疾人的自治权。为了遵守第十二条 卡塔尔必须审查有关法律规定，这些规定允许基于残疾而剥夺或限制法律行为能力，并且需要“有心地”作为执行法律行为或行使权利的条件。卡塔尔还必须采取行动，以支持的决策取代替代性的决策制度-扩大现行立法中可用的一些支持机制-并确保尊重个人的意愿和偏爱。