<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Disability rights law has expanded over the past twenty years from near non-existence to developing into an international legal norm, particularly through the recent United Nations convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In this work, the authors examine the case of Lithuania and its process for determining when disabled persons lack legal capacity, as measured against the international legal standards applicable to this issue. The authors conclude by offering suggestions about how Lithuania may make determinations as to legal capacity in a way that is consistent with the emerging global legal standards on disability rights law.</p></abstract>

Disability rights law has expanded over the past twenty years from near non-existence to developing into an international legal norm, particularly through the recent United Nations convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In this work, the authors examine the case of Lithuania and its process for determining when disabled persons lack legal capacity, as measured against the international legal standards applicable to this issue. The authors conclude by offering suggestions about how Lithuania may make determinations as to legal capacity in a way that is consistent with the emerging global legal standards on disability rights law.

A Case Study in the Globalization of Disability Rights: The Compatibility of Lithuania's Process for Determining the Legal Incapacity of Disabled Persons with International Legal Standards

Michigan State University College of Law, USA

Faculty of Law, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

Disability rights law has expanded over the past twenty years from near non-existence to developing into an international legal norm, particularly through the...

A Case Study in the Globalization of Disability Rights: The Compatibility of Lithuania's Process for Determining the Legal Incapacity of Disabled Persons with International Legal Standards

Published Online: Aug 19, 2011

Page range: 83 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10076-011-0004-5

Keywords
Disability, legal capacity, mental illness, human rights

This content is open access.

A Case Study in the Globalization of Disability Rights: The Compatibility of Lithuania's Process for Determining the Legal Incapacity of Disabled Persons with International Legal Standards

Published Online: Aug 19, 2011

Page range: 83 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10076-011-0004-5

KeywordsDisability, legal capacity, mental illness, human rights

This content is open access.

Keywords
Disability, legal capacity, mental illness, human rights