The constitutional protection of persons with disabilities

Authors

  • Héctor Álvarez García Universidad Pablo de Olavide

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.100.2017.20725

Keywords:

Fundamental rights, capacity to act, person with disability, equality, moral freedom.

Abstract

Abstract:
The work begins with an historical journey through the different models implemented by public authorities to address the phenomenon of disability. This journey culminates with the mixed paradigm —medical and social— embodied in the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The article interprets the «social protections norms» of the Constitution, in the light of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the doctrine of the Constitutional Court, in order to determine the content and scope of constitutional protection of the capacity to act of persons with disabilities. This is essential to ensure the free development of the personality of this large group of citizens, whose lives have traditionally been governed by the will of others, if not been directly deprived of their liberty through their institutionalization.

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Author Biography

Héctor Álvarez García, Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Profesor Ayudante Doctor. Departamento de Derecho Público. Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Edificio n.º 6 Manuel
José de Ayala, Carretera de Utrera Km. 1. 41013 Sevilla. 

Published

2017-12-20

How to Cite

Álvarez García, H. (2017). The constitutional protection of persons with disabilities. Revista de Derecho Político, 1(100), 1027–1055. https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.100.2017.20725

Issue

Section

MONOGRÁFICO XL ANIVERSARIO CONSTITUCIÓN. TÍTULO I. CAPÍTULO III.

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