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Bulgaria found guilty of ill-treatment and unlawful detention
Impact The European Court of Human Rights found that our client Stefan Stankov was unlawfully detained in Bulgarian disability institutions for over 15 years, and was subjected to degrading treatment....
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Stankov v. Bulgaria: Case Summary and Comment
Mr. Stefan Stankov at Rusokastro. (c) MDAC.Read MDAC's full case summary here (PDF).MDAC’s client Stefan Stankov was partially deprived of his legal capacity in May 1999. He was stripped of his...
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Norway must fully respect rights of people with disabilities, says Muižnieks
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, has called on Norway to end coercive practices against people with mental disabilities, respect their autonomy, and give full effect to...
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Study on Human Rights of Persons with Mental or Intellectual Disabilities in...
On 31 July 2015, MDAC and the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) launched a report on the human rights of persons with mental health issues or intellectual...
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Kenya must take action to protect women with disabilities against forced...
Today, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) opens its 14th session in Geneva to review the disability rights records of six governments along with the European...
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UN Committee Calls on Kenya to Prevent Forced Sterilisation of Women with...
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) has released its Concluding Observations on Kenya. The Committee has recommended various steps for the Kenyan...
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Woman with intellectual disability fights for her autonomy at European Court
MDAC and lawyer Dmitri Bartenev have submitted legal arguments to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on behalf of Russian citizen Irina Delova, after she was placed under guardianship and...
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Serbia: Urgent measures needed to end abuse, institutionalisation
Today, MDAC and Mental Disability Rights Initiative - Serbia called on the Serbian Government to take immediate steps to implement recommendations it recently received from the UN Disability...
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Moldova: Constitutional Court finds guardianship violations, but will...
Română: click aiciToday the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova called time on guardianship, an outdated and unjust system that harms people with disabilities. This follows an international...
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Moldova: Curtea Constituțională a constatat încălcări ale legii legate de...
English: click hereAstăzi, 17 noiembrie 2016, Curtea Constituțională a Republicii Moldova, a criticat tutela, o instituție juridică învechită și nedreaptă, care le face rău persoanelor cu dizabilități....
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