Abstract
From the continental law, this paper analyses the situation regarding the rights and fundamental freedoms of women with disabilities in Qatar. The analysis uses as the main reference, Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the General Comment that the CRPD Committee has made to this article. In this aspect, it tries to outline the difficulties that Qatar, as a State party, has in order to be able and take the very first steps towards a real inclusion for women with disabilities
Highlights
The guarantee of protection and the promotion of human rights is applied in a less comprehensive way with regards to women and girls with disabilities than for other social groups, even those in vulnerable situations
Through an assessment of Qatar’s legal framework, this paper addresses the legal situation of women with disabilities by using Article 6 of the CRPD as a reference
Qatar’s legal reality makes it slightly more complicated to talk about equality and non-discrimination in practice for women with disabilities in Qatar, since the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Committee –not ratified by Qatar– has conceptualized equality and non-discrimination in practice mainly through general considerations
Summary
The guarantee of protection and the promotion of human rights is applied in a less comprehensive way with regards to women and girls with disabilities than for other social groups, even those in vulnerable situations. The new Constitution of 2005 is slightly hints a more liberal society within the context of the Arab region, “Sharia law is recognized in the Constitution as the principal source of legislation (Article 1)”8 In this regard, Amnesty International (2016, p.300) on its annual report on the state of the world’s human rights stated that “women in Qatar face discrimination in law and in practice, and are inadequately protected against violence within the family”. Qatar’s legal reality makes it slightly more complicated to talk about equality and non-discrimination in practice for women with disabilities in Qatar, since the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Committee –not ratified by Qatar– has conceptualized equality and non-discrimination in practice mainly through general considerations This is all the more relevant regarding women and girls with disabilities, who have a long history of facing discrimination and oppression. The problem in Qatar is more acute due to the combination of this lack of ratification and the country’s domestic legislation, which lacks an integrated gender approach to disability, and where disability is conceived from a perspective somewhat removed from that endorsed by human rights
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