A/HRC/43/41/Add.1 Denial of legal capacity 85. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Guarantee the exercise of legal capacity to all persons with disabilities, including those with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities, in all aspects of life, and provide them with access to the support they may require to take informed decisions; (b) Adopt an enabling policy framework to ensure the effective access of persons with disabilities to appropriate supported decision-making arrangements; (c) Conduct a comprehensive law review to abolish or revoke all laws and regulations that directly or indirectly restrict the legal capacity of persons with disabilities and/or allow for substituted decision-making, including those referred to in Law No. 8/2010, the Civil Code, the Penal Code and other national legislation; (d) Promote and provide training on the right to legal capacity of persons with disabilities for State authorities, judges, notaries, service providers, persons with disabilities, their families and other relevant actors. Access to justice 86. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government make all judicial proceedings accessible to all persons with disabilities, including through the provision of legal aid and information in accessible formats, Kuwaiti Sign Language interpretation and protocols for procedural and age-appropriate accommodation. International cooperation 87. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Include in the strategic partnership framework with the United Nations provisions for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all pillars of the Kuwait Vision 2035 National Development Plan, and mainstream disability in all cooperation strategies and programmes in Kuwait; (b) Include the rights of persons with disabilities in all the programmes, strategies and projects of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and make disability a conditionality to receive international development assistance. 88. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the United Nations country team: (a) Support the efforts of the State to achieve compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and implement the Sustainable Development Goals in an inclusive and cross-cutting manner; (b) Mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all its programmes, assessments, strategies and projects in Kuwait, make them accessible to persons with disabilities and recruit persons with disabilities onto their staff, as required by the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy. 19

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