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INR participated in the Conference “The right to decide: legal capacity and pathways to reform”

Updated : 09/07/2025

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The National Institute for Rehabilitation, I.P., as part of its international representation, participated in the Conference “The right to decide: legal capacity and pathways to reform”, event organised by European Disability Forum (EDF), together with the Lithuanian Disability Forum and GoVilnius, which took place on 21 June in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The theme of the conference was to address the issue of the legal capacity of persons with disabilities and explore ways of reform by promoting the inclusion of persons with disabilities in access to justice. Key topics such as legal capacity and legal recognition, legal reforms, obstacles and strategies for change, and existing barriers such as the influence of the psychiatric lobby, insufficient funds and poor communication with policy-makers could be discussed.

The event allowed to create a collaborative space for exchange of good practices, reinforcement of networks and future actions of advocacy at European level by strengthening the commitment of the European Union and its Member States to align national legislation with the standards of the United Nations Convention on the Law of Persons with Disabilities, particularly with regard to the recognition of legal capacity and full inclusion of persons with disabilities.