Supported decision-making derives from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which has been ratified by more than 170 countries around the world. In accordance with their obligations under the CRPD, many countries have been working to limit or abolish their guardianship laws, and a number of them have created pilot projects on supported decision-making as a means to persuade their legislators and judiciaries that all people have a right to make their own decisions with support from trusted persons of their choice.
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