Equal rights for persons with disabilities is the ultimate goal mandated by the CRPD, and it can probably be gradually achieved in Qatar as steps are taken towards reconsidering the approach to disability at large. This paper examines what impact the CRPD has on the country’s legislation. To that end, we explore how the sensitive domains –health, education, employment, and justice– need to be re-evaluated in light of the CRPD, where recent improvements in the rights of persons with disabilities in Qatar can enable compliance and where the greater challenges lie. We maintain that although legal reforms are needed for Qatar to comply with CRPD, within existing legislation there is notable potential to accommodate particular amendments that could significantly assist the move towards CRPD compliance. We suggest some structural steps aimed at improving compliance, consisting of the establishment of specific institutions, the promotion of associations that represent persons with disabilities and, above all, advancement of a fundamental shift in the way disability is perceived by society, moving away from the old medical notion of disability with its focus on special features and rehabilitation and instead adopting the social model that mandates inclusion and equality.

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《残疾人权利公约》和卡塔尔的国内立法：对主要法律领域的潜在影响

残疾人的平等权利是《残疾人权利公约》规定的最终目标，在卡塔尔，随着采取步骤重新考虑对残疾人的总体处理方式，这一平等目标可能逐步实现。本文研究了《残疾人权利公约》对国家立法的影响。为此，我们探讨了如何根据《残疾人权利公约》重新评估敏感领域（健康，教育，就业和司法），在那里，卡塔尔残疾人权利的最新改善可以促进合规，以及在哪些方面更大的挑战在于。我们坚持认为，尽管卡塔尔需要对法律进行改革，以符合《残疾人权利公约》，但在现有法律范围内，存在显着的潜力，可以提供可以大大有助于实现《残疾人权利公约》的特定修正案。