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The following rights, obligati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> principles are relevant to capacity<br />
<strong>and</strong> intellectual disability:<br />
• The need for laws, procedures <strong>and</strong> practices relating to the<br />
protecti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> adults lacking capacity to meet benchmarks<br />
provided by c<strong>on</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>al <strong>and</strong> human rights law.<br />
Support to People with an Intellectual Disability who are<br />
<strong>Accessible</strong><br />
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• The right to be recognised as a pers<strong>on</strong> before the law. [53]<br />
• The right to freedom from discriminati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the grounds <strong>of</strong><br />
disability [54] <strong>and</strong> the right to reas<strong>on</strong>able accommodati<strong>on</strong> by the<br />
provisi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> special facilities <strong>and</strong> treatment.<br />
• The requirement that States take appropriate measures to<br />
provide pers<strong>on</strong>s with disabilities with access to the support they<br />
may require in exercising their legal capacity. [55]<br />
• The recogniti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> protecti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the rights <strong>of</strong> the pers<strong>on</strong><br />
lacking capacity, including the recogniti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the right to sexual<br />
expressi<strong>on</strong> for people with intellectual disabilities.<br />
• Emphasis <strong>on</strong> a woman’s abilities rather than her disabilities; her<br />
participati<strong>on</strong> in society should be encouraged notwithst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
her lack <strong>of</strong> capacity in certain areas.<br />
• The promoti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> services that seek to integrate empowerment<br />
<strong>and</strong> protecti<strong>on</strong> within their approaches to supporting the sexual<br />
lives <strong>of</strong> people with intellectual disabilities.<br />
While the right to enter into a sexual relati<strong>on</strong>ship has not been enshrined<br />
in legislati<strong>on</strong>, both Irish case law <strong>and</strong> the C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> for the Protecti<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Human Rights <strong>and</strong> Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) go some way<br />
53 Article 6 <strong>of</strong> the Universal Declarati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Human Rights; Article 16 <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Internati<strong>on</strong>al Covenant <strong>on</strong> Civil <strong>and</strong> Political Rights.<br />
54 Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004. The reas<strong>on</strong>able accommodati<strong>on</strong> provisi<strong>on</strong>s are<br />
subject to a nominal cost exempti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
55 Article 12 <strong>of</strong> the UN C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the Rights <strong>of</strong> Pers<strong>on</strong>s with Disabilities, 2007.