Age of Human Rights Journal (Dec 2017)

The legal recognition of the human rights situation of women with disabilities in the state of Qatar

  • María Laura Serra,
  • María del Carmen Barranco Avilés,
  • Patricia Cuenca Gómez,
  • Rafael De Asís Roig,
  • Pablo Rodríguez del Pozo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17561/tahrj.n9.5
Journal volume & issue
no. 9

Abstract

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From the continental law, this paper analyses the situation regarding the rights and fundamental freedoms of women with disabilities in Qatar. The analysis uses as the main reference, Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the General Comment that the CRPD Committee has made to this article. In this aspect, it tries to outline the difficulties that Qatar, as a State party, has in order to be able and take the very first steps towards a real inclusion for women with disabilities

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