Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

• United Nations human rights treaty
• Canada is bound by the CRPD under international law Article 12: Focus on legal capacity, and recognizes that:

• Persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis
• Government has a role to play in providing access to support that people with disabilities may require in exercising their legal capacity

Article 5: Equality and Non-Discrimination

• Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability
• Reasonable accommodation

Canada’s legal capacity laws are not fully consistent with the CRPD