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Article 14 : RESPECT FOR PRIVACY, THE HOME AND THE FAMILY

Draft Proposal

(1) States Parties to this Convention shall take effective measures to protect the privacy of persons with disabilities, their home, family, communications of all kinds and medical records and their choice to make decisions on personal matters. No person with a disability shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with their privacy, and shall have the right to the protection of the law against such interference.

(2) States Parties to this Convention shall take effective and appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities in all matters relating to personal relationships, and in particular shall ensure:

(a) That persons with disabilities are not denied the equal opportunity to experience their sexuality, have sexual and other intimate relationships, and experience parenthood;

(b) The right of all men and women with disabilities who are of marriageable age to marry on the basis of free and full consent of the intending spouses, and to found a family;

(c) The right of persons with disabilities to retain fertility and effectively exercise their reproductive rights and to that end shall prohibit practices such as compulsory sterilization and abortion;

(d) That persons with disabilities have access to reproductive and family planning information and the means necessary to exercise them;

(e) The rights of persons with disabilities with regard to guardianship, wardship, trusteeship and adoption of children, or similar institutions where these concepts exist in national legislation. For the purpose of guaranteeing these rights, States Parties shall provideappropriate assistance to parents with disabilitiesin the performance of their child-rearing responsibilities;

(f) That a child shall not be separated from his or her parents on the basis of their disability