Psychosocial Disability and Deprivation of Liberty: Reviewing the case of Qatar in the light of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Authors

  • Patricia Cuenca Gómez Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
  • María del Carmen Barranco Avilés Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
  • Pablo Rodríguez del Pozo Weill Cornell Medical College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19164/ijmhcl.v2018i24.748

Abstract

This paper analyses the main implications of the prohibition of deprivation of liberty on the basis of disability in the field of mental health under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its impact in Qatar’s legal system. It shows the contradiction between the specific regimes of deprivation of liberty of persons with psychosocial disabilities and Article 14 of the Convention. The paper also proposes some changes in Qatar’s system to ensure that persons with psychosocial disabilities enjoy the right to liberty on equal terms with others.

Author Biographies

Patricia Cuenca Gómez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Visiting Lecturer, Human Rights Institute "Bartolomé de las Casas", Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

María del Carmen Barranco Avilés, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Visiting Lecturer, Human Rights Institute "Bartolomé de las Casas", Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Pablo Rodríguez del Pozo, Weill Cornell Medical College

Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar

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Published

2018-10-25

Issue

No. 24 (2018): pp.1-77

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Articles and Comment

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