The Right to Consent: Reimagining Sexual Autonomy for Persons with Disabilities in Zimbabwe through S v Zidyengi
Posted: 18 October, 2024 Filed under: Neville Mupita | Tags: consensual relationship, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, disability rights, equal recognition, equality, expert evidence, High Court judgment, human rights, inclusion, mental capacity, mentally incompetent adults, persons with disabilities, psychosis diagnosis, right to autonomy, right to dignity, rights of persons with mental disabilities, S v Zidyengi, sexual autonomy, sexual choices, sexual conduct, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe High Court 1 Comment
Author: Neville Mupita
Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
On 17 July 2024, the Zimbabwe High Court handed a landmark judgment in the case of S v Zidyengi that addresses a key interplay between mental disability and sexual autonomy. This judgment poses a topic of importance under the framework of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This piece uses a human rights-based approach to analyse the High Court judgment within the CRPD’s yardstick.
Back to Basics: From the medical model to the social model of disability rights – where are we now?
Posted: 26 August, 2024 Filed under: Neville Mupita | Tags: disability rights, environmental barriers, human rights frameworks, legislation, medical condition, medical intervention, medical model, ongoing challenges', persons with disabilities, policies, rehabilitation programs, social model, societal barriers, subversive oppression, unemployment rate, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Leave a commentAuthor: Neville Mupita
Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
In recent years due to the growing recognition of the need for a paradigm shift, the international community has witnessed major progress in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities. This is a shift from viewing disability as a medical condition or an inherent deficit to a view that understands that disability is a result of environmental and societal barriers. The reimagining of disability was and is a practical necessity as it plays a major role in legislation, policies and everyday interactions.
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