(e) access to scientific and technological knowledge;
(f) capacity-building facilities for research purposes;
(g) other forms of benefit consistent with the principles set out in this Declaration.
Article 16 Protecting future generations
The impact of life sciences on future generations, including on their genetic constitution, should be given due regard.
Article 17 Protection of the environment, the biosphere and biodiversity
Due regard is to be given to the interconnection between human beings and other forms of life, to the importance of appropriate access and utilization of biological and genetic resources, to respect for traditional knowledge and to the role of human beings in the protection of the environment, the biosphere and biodiversity.
[i] Guardianship keeps people in institutions and negates the right of people with disabilities to exercise legal capacity, an aspect of the right to recognition as persons before the law, in violation of UDHR Articles 2 and 6, and ICCPR Article 26, and in violation of CRPD Article 12.
[ii] United States ex rel Law Project for Psychiatric Rights v. Matsutani, et al.
US District Court, District of Alaska, Case No. 3:09-cv-0080-TMB.
[iii] 67 N.Y.2d 485 (1986).
[iv] UDHR Articles 2, 3, 6 and 25, ICCPR Articles 7 and 26, CAT Articles 2 and 16, and CRPD Articles 12, 15, 17 and 25. CRPD Article 12 establishes that persons with disabilities have legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life, including the right to make decisions about mental health treatment. See A/63/175, paragraphs 44 and 73-74.
[v] Civil commitment laws create a separate regime of detention and involuntary treatment applicable only to persons with psychosocial disabilities that is discriminatory in purpose and effect, contrary to U.S. obligations under UDHR Articles 2, 3 and 5, ICCPR Articles 2, 7 and 9, and CAT Articles 2 and 16, as well as CRPD Articles 14, 17 and 25.
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