The Convention on the Rights of the Persons with
Disability establishes a far-reaching change of paradigm
in the regulation of the legal capacity that
consists in the recognition of capacity of exercise
of persons with disability and in the change from
the system of substitution to the system of support
in decision-making. This article aims to present
the regulation of the legal capacity in the Chilean
law system and the impact that this rights-based
approach causes. Finally, it invites to reflect upon
some issues that may be significant for the full
application of the article 12 of the Convention in
our country.
Keywords:
disability, convention, legal capacity, human rights, support models, substitution model
Author Biography
Álvaro Benavides López, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Chile
Abogado, Doctor en Derechos Humanos, Máster en Estudios avanzados en Derechos Humanos, “Instituto de Derechos Humanos Bartolomé de las Casas”, por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, España. Especialista en Derecho Constitucional y Ciencias Políticas, por el Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid, España. Profesor asociado de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Constitucional de la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Santiago, Chile. Miembro de la Red de Expertos Iberoamericanos de la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. Abogado del Programa de Derechos Humanos del Ministerio del Interior, Chile.
Benavides López, Álvaro. (2015). Legal capacity: a necessary reflection in the light of the Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disability. Anuario De Derechos Humanos, (11), pág. 39–56. https://doi.org/10.5354/adh.v0i11.37487