Legal capacity

Equal civil legal capacity

13.2 Legal capacity of women

Women have a legal capacity equal to men and have the same opportunities to exercise that capacity.

13.3 Invalidity of contracts limiting the legal capacity of women

This capacity is protected by article 325 of the Civil Code A married woman has full legal capacity.

Those efforts will further strengthen the capacity of our legal system.

Recommendation 5 General legal capacity in other United Nations departments and offices

No other country comes close to having either the capacity or the ambition.

A citizen's full or partial waiver of legal capacity and other acts aimed at limiting legal capacity are null and void, except in cases in which such acts are allowed by law.

Under civil law, the legal capacity of a citizen is manifested in the ability to have civil rights and to bear responsibility (civil legal capacity), which are recognized in equal measure for all citizens.

It also must strengthen its know how in capacity building, particularly administrative capacity building, with an emphasis on its legal institutional aspects.

Its Organic Law, adopted in 1993, defines it as a decentralized body established for an indefinite period, having legal personality, its own resources, full capacity to acquire rights and enter into obligations, and technical and functional independence.

Some of these children go through the justice system without having proper legal representation.

The legal capacity of a citizen arises at the moment of his birth and ends with his death (article 18 of the Civil Code). The content of the legal capacity of citizens is as follows

Most States reported having strengthened their legal framework in order to facilitate international judicial cooperation.

Having fully completed its investigation, the Committee would not retain any ongoing investigative capacity or authority.

Legal reform processes are therefore a necessary component of any disaster related capacity building endeavour.

These include limited financing, limited institutional capacity, legal complexity, and the need for community involvement.

The project will include legal awareness programmes and capacity building for religious and community leaders.

Legal capacity is understood to mean a person's power to exercise his or her rights.

In the Niger, the legal capacity of both men and women is recognized by law.

Article 216 of the Civil Code provides that A married woman has full legal capacity.

States parties shall accord to women, in civil matters, a legal capacity identical to that of men and the same opportunities to exercise that capacity.

States Parties shall accord to women, in civil matters, a legal capacity identical to that of men and the same opportunities to exercise that capacity.

States Parties shall accord to women, in civil matters, a legal capacity identical to that of men and the same opportunities to exercise that capacity.

States Parties shall accord to women, in civil matters, a legal capacity identical to that of men and the same opportunities to exercise that capacity.

The State gives women the same civil legal capacity and the same opportunities to exercise it.

d) after marriage, both husband and wife have the legal capacity to enter into all transactions

It is not a treaty only for those possessing weapons or having the industrial capacity to develop them.

As to the State party's argument that mental illness cannot be equated to a lack of legal capacity , the Committee considers that confinement of an individual to a psychiatric institution amounts to an acknowledgement of that individual's diminished capacity, legal and otherwise.

But having the requisite legal machinery in place is not enough to guarantee effective implementation of the sanctions.

The decline in Iran s capacity to sponsor political and terrorist movements in neighboring countries is already having beneficial effects.

Deprived of legal capacity, he was prohibited from acting independently, or at all, in most areas of life.

(b) Capacity building for strengthening legal institutions, including improving the quality of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and court staff

Legal harmonization, licensing and accreditation of traditional medicine, collective rights and capacity building among communities are particularly needed.

The issue addressed here is contracts and other private instruments directed at restricting the legal capacity of women.

UNODC technical cooperation aims to assist legal, financial and law enforcement authorities in developing legal frameworks, institutional capacity, training in financial investigations and intelligence gathering, research and awareness raising.

It is for people who are in broken down legal systems, and unfortunately because torture is the cheapest form of investigation it's cheaper than having a legal system, cheaper than having a lawyer and early access to counsel it is what happens most of the time.

You will note that the Committee, having fully completed its investigation, would not retain any ongoing investigative capacity or authority.

(c) Low income countries striving to attain the MDGs, but having poorly developed infrastructure and limited management or implementation capacity.

The State party argued that legal representation is not obligatory and that the author as a person enjoying full capacity for legal deeds could successfully plead her case before the courts by herself. In this context, it referred to the decision of the Supreme Court of 21 April 1999, which held that, in the circumstances of the case, a lawyer was not necessary as the author enjoyed full capacity of legal deeds and mental illness cannot be equated to a lack of legal capacity.

The legal capacity of women is also covered in the proposed amendments to the Civil Code dealing with equality.

It refers to the Supreme Court's opinion that mental illness cannot be equated to a lack of legal capacity .

Repsol was gravely harmed by Fernández s action, having lost about 50 of its productive capacity and a third of its income.