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DESCRIPTION:2012-2013 Disability\, Human Rights and the Law Seminar Series 
  The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism\, the Human Rights Workin
 g and the Disability and Law Portfolio at the McGill Faculty of Law\, welc
 ome students and community members to participate in the second of four se
 minars in the series\, Disability\, Human Rights and the Law 2012-13.  The
  extent to which governments may limit a person’s right to legal capacity 
 proved a contentious issue in drafting the CRPD. Its translation into dail
 y life impacts access to justice and judicial review\, health and housing\
 , financial\, property and asset management of persons with disabilities. 
 Amidst ongoing UN discussions on the interpretation and full implementatio
 n of article 12\, this seminar will discuss legal and non-legal issues\, c
 hallenges and steps to overcoming lingering barriers.  The seminar will be
  moderated by Derek J. Jones (member of the Research Group on Health and L
 aw and of the CHRLP).  Anna MacQuarrie (Human Rights Officer at Inclusion 
 International)\, Michael N. Bergman (lawyer\; founder of the Legal Informa
 tion Clinic at McGill)\, and Roger Bill (law student\; Human Rights Intern
  at Disability Rights International) will serve as resource persons.  Read
 ing resources:  1) Legal Opinion on Article 12 of the CRPD    2) Implement
 ing Legal Capacity Under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of 
 Persons with Disabilities: The Difficult Road From Guardianship to Support
 ed Decision-Making\, by Robert D. Dinerstein   3) Who Gets to Decide? Righ
 t to Legal Capacity for Persons with Intellectual and Psychosocial Disabil
 ities\, by the Commissioner for Human Rights   The event follows the forma
 t of a teaching seminar and we suggest participants do the required readin
 g (see above) ahead of time. RSVP to chrlp.law [at] mcgill.ca by November 
 2. Lunch will be provided.  For more information: https://www.mcgill.ca/hu
 manrights/events/disability-seminar-series  This activity was accredited f
 or 2 hours of CLE by the Barreau du Québec (no. 10059202).
DTSTART:20121107T173000Z
DTEND:20121107T190000Z
LOCATION:Stephen Scott Seminar Room (room 16)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, 
 QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Equal Citizenship for Persons with Disabilities: Recognizing Legal 
 Capacity
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/event/equal-citizenship-persons-disa
 bilities-recognizing-legal-capacity-218025
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