TY - BOOK ID - 119344104 TI - Mental capacity, dignity and the power of international human rights PY - 2023 SN - 1009304488 100930447X 1009304526 100930450X PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - People with disabilities KW - Cognition disorders KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Law and legislation. KW - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol KW - Cognitive disorders KW - Psychology, Pathological KW - Disability law KW - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities KW - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol KW - CRPD KW - Shōgai no aru hito no kenri ni kansuru jōyaku to sono sentaku giteisho KW - Konvensi PBB Mengenai Hak-Hak Orang Dengan Disabilitas KW - UN CRPD KW - UNCRPD KW - United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol KW - Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad KW - Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad y su Protocolo Facultativo KW - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities KW - Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées et Protocole facultatif KW - Convenção Internacional sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência e seu Protocolo Facultativo KW - Convenção sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência e seu Protocolo Facultativo KW - Convenção sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:119344104 AB - Personhood, in liberal philosophical and legal traditions, has long been grounded in the idea of autonomy and the right to legal capacity. However, in this book, Julia Duffy questions these assumptions and shows how such beliefs exclude and undermine the rights of adults with cognitive disability. Instead, she reinterprets the right to legal capacity through the principle of the interdependence and indivisibility of human rights. In doing so, she compellingly argues that dignity and not autonomy ought to be the basis of personhood. Using illustrative case studies, Duffy demonstrates that the key human rights values of autonomy, dignity and equality can only be achieved by fulfilling a range of interdependent human rights. With this innovative book challenging common assumptions about human rights and personhood, Duffy leads the way in ensuring civil, economic, political, social, and cultural inclusion for adults with cognitive disabilities. ER -