ИЗБИРАТЕЛНИ ПРАВА И ЗА ХОРАТА С ИНТЕЛЕКТУАЛНИ УВРЕЖДАНИЯ И ПСИХИЧНО-ЗДРАВНИ ПРОБЛЕМИ?
VOTING RIGHTSFOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABiLITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

Summary/Abstract: The adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities shows that the international community has come to realize that our societies need to move away from considering people with disabilities solely as “objects of law”. The Convention ensures that people with intellectual disorders and mental health issues enjoy the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. It covers the many areas where persons with disabilities have been discriminated against including participation in political and public life. The author analyses whether the full political participation of persons with mental disorders is compatible with the public function of the suffrage by which essentials organs of the state are created. Special focus is put on the ongoing legal reform in Republic of Bulgaria on the legal status of people with disabilities and its reflection on their political participation.

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