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End civil death – a call to action on the right to legal capacity in Europe
“The right to legal capacity is one of the most invisible human rights issues in Europe today, and is also one of the most important.”Thomas Hammarberg, MDAC Honorary President and formerly...
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Norway should fully commit itself to international disability rights law
On International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, MDAC has written to the new Prime Minister of Norway, Ms Erna Solberg, calling on her to defend the human rights of people with disability and...
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Muižnieks: Denmark must move people out of guardianship
Today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights released a report on his 19-21 November 2013 visit to Denmark. Commissioner Nils Muižnieks noted that Denmark has policies in place that...
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President Kenyatta must veto legislation which will deny marriage rights to...
“He is just like anyone else and should be allowed to make decisions just like any other person,” says the wife of Yusuf, a man with a psycho-social (mental health) disabilityToday the Mental...
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Kenya - Right to Legal Capacity Project
MDAC Releases Major Report on Right to Legal Capacity2nd April 2014. This week MDAC is releasing “The Right to Legal Capacity in Kenya”. The report highlights the voices of people with mental...
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Czech Republic
Since 2005 MDAC and its partner NGO the League of Human Rights (an NGO based in Brno, Czech Republic) have been jointly working to advance the rights of children and adults with intellectual and...
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Romania: European Human Rights Commissioner says end discrimination against...
Yesterday, Mr Nils Muižnieks, European Human Rights Commissioner, issued a report calling on the Romanian government to end the practice of segregating people with disabilities in institutions instead...
View ArticleThe Right to Legal Capacity in Kenya
Goal: legal capacityResource type: reportThe Right to Legal Capacity in Kenya: download the report hereTags: legal capacity, kenya
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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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