On May 14th, at 3:30 PM, at ISCSP-ULisboa, the website and documentary developed as part of the EQUAL project — Equality before the law and the right to self-determination of people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities — were publicly presented. The project aimed to identify the opportunities and challenges in implementing Law No. 49/2018 (Legal Framework for Adults in Need of Support) and its effects on the participation and legal capacity of people with disabilities.
Following the screening of the documentary “The Right to Have Rights”, a roundtable discussion took place with the participation of representatives from the project’s partner organizations.
Funded by FCT (EXPL/SOC-ASO/1326/2021), the project was led by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (CIEG) and the Observatory on Disability and Human Rights (ODDH) at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon (ISCSP-ULisboa), and was supported by FENACERCI, HUMANITAS, FNERDM, the Office of the Prosecutor General (PGR), the Ombudsperson, and the High Council for the Judiciary.