Australia What the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities report says. Taken from the Concluding Observations report, 2019: Concerns. Despite the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission, the Committee is concerned about the lack of progress made to abolish the guardianship system and substituted decision-making regime, particularly in decisions concerning forced psychiatric treatment, and at the lack of a time frame to completely replace that regime with supported decision-making systems. Recommendations. Repeal any laws and policies and end practices or customs that have the purpose or effect of denying or diminishing the recognition of any person with disabilities as a person before the law; Implement a nationally consistent supported decision-making framework, as recommended in a 2014 report of the Australian Law Reform Commission entitled Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws. Manage Cookie Preferences