The European Convention on Human Rights and the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights in Respect of Applicants with Intellectual Disability

The previous chapter has provided an analysis of current developments in international human rights law which improve the legal protection afforded to persons with disabilities. However, we have also claimed that the CRPD requires further thinking and interpretive effort with regard to persons with intellectual disability. Ambiguities concerning principles such as dignity must be resolved so as to provide this group of persons with adequate human rights protection.