Sexual Rights of People with Disabilities in International Laws and Suggestions for Vietnam from Perspectives of Gender Equality

Abstract

In light of the human-centered approach to sustainable development, making the most of the human component as the topic, driving force, and objective of development, serving more and more completely the material and spiritual requirements of people from all walks of life, the Law on People with Disabilities, in particular, and the Vietnamese legal system in general should recognize the sexual rights of people with disabilities as personal rights that are protected by civil, marriage, and family measures as well as criminal measures in accordance with Vietnamese law and international human rights law from the perspective of gender equality.