ONGOING PROJECTS
AdaptJust- Accessible Justice for people with disabilities
The general objective of the project is to improve the implementation of the ECtHR and the CoE Committee of Ministers regarding the rights of the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities deprived of their freedom. The project will increase the capacity of the magistrates and the civil society to defend the rights of the persons with disability, will pilot five actions within a mechanism of protection and will propose an Action Plan to prevent the inhuman, degrading and ill treatments in the state administered institutions where the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities are placed.
Free to Decide. Transition from guardianship to Supported Decision Making for persons with disabilities
The project aims to increase the capacity of persons with mental disabilities, stroke and dementia to exercise their rights and to maximize their autonomy. The project will develop and pilot four models supported decision making services in collaboration with public and private social service providers.
LITI-GATE. Strategic Litigation as a Gateway to address the rights of Persons with Disabilities in the European Union
The LITI-GATE project – Strategic Litigation as a Gateway to address the rights of Persons with Disabilities in the European Union – brings together 6 partners from 5 countries with the aim to promote enforcement of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights with strategic litigation activities to address breaches of the fundamental rights of persons with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities.
Ensure the protection and safety of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in risk situations. Advocate for the right to live independently and the right to health.
The project aims at improving the legal and institutional framework on the protection of rights of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities and their right to live independently in the community, improving respect for the right to health for the most vulnerable groups of people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities (persons living in congregated facilities, deprived of their liberty or in rural and remote locations) and developing the capacity of the relevant stakeholders in administrative, judiciary and civil society to act for the protection of the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
Innovating European lawyers to advance the rights of children with disabilities
Death Camps Next to You
Access to justice for children with mental disabilities
The project aims to ensure access to justice for children with mental disabilities, building on existing guidance and standards related to children, victims of crime and adults with intellectual disabilities.
THE PRACTICAL SCHOOL: Innovation in higher education and success on the labor market
Main objective: Extending the learning opportunities through the Practical School – essential factor for promoting the innovation in higher education, regarding the increase in competitivity and insertion of graduates on the labor market.
PROGRAMME NEWS
National Disability Benchbook 28.08.2024 - Context Irrespective of whether they are victims of, witnesses to or alleged perpetrators of crime, persons with disabilities have significant difficulties in accessing justice and engaging with criminal justice actors (CJA). At the same time, while reported to be four to ten times more likely to be abused (including sexually) than their peers without disabilities[1],...
CLR amendments rejected by the Romanian Senate without a thorough analysis | Social Assistance Legislation on the Protection of Elderly and/or Persons with Disabilities 20.12.2023 - In July this year, we reported on the degrading treatment and inhumane conditions in which residents with disabilities and elderly persons were kept at the Căsuța Lu’ Min social care home in Bârdești, Mureș county. At the same time, the control actions of the CLR made it possible to put an end to the abuses...
CerAjutor.ro – website launch: report abuses instantly | PRESS RELEASE 13.12.2023 - Centre for Legal Resources, a non-governmental human rights organization, in partnership with the Public Ministry – the Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, have developed within the AdaptJust project – accessible justice for people with disabilities – a web platform for people with disabilities confined in social care homes, elderly homes,...
“I translated from Romanian into Romanian” – how the course for justice intermediaries ended 24.10.2023 - States Parties shall ensure effective access to justice for persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others, including through the provision of procedural and age-appropriate accommodations to facilitate their active role as direct and indirect participants, including as witnesses, in all legal proceedings, including the investigative and other preliminary stages. Convention on the Rights...
Study visit to the Council of Europe: Roma inclusion and empowerment – Standards and cooperation activities 18.09.2023 - From 12-14 September, the Council of Europe Education Department hosted a group of representatives of the EEA/Norway Grant Programme in Romania “Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Increasing Roma Inclusion” on a study visit to the Council of Europe on Roma inclusion and empowerment. CLR, through our colleague Georgiana Bădescu, coordinator of communication activities within the...
Romanian care homes scandal spotlights abuse described as ‘inhumane and degrading’ – AP News 9.08.2023 - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — After receiving distressed text messages from a young man worried about the conditions his friend was living in at a social care home in central Romania, Georgiana Pascu arranged an impromptu visit to inspect the facility. “In the beginning, we were quite sure there is nothing there,” said Pascu, program manager...
CLR: Meeting with the Prime Minister, Labour Minister and other NGOs 1.08.2023 - Georgiana Pascu, program manager of Advocate for Dignity by CLR, participated yesterday in the consultative meeting with the Prime Minister of Romania, Mr. Marcel Ciolacu, and the Minister of Labour, Ms. Simona Bucura-Oprescu, along with several NGOs, at the Romanian Government. The points discussed, submitted to the Government also in written form by the CLR,...
Căsuța Lu’ Min | PRESS RELEASE 27.07.2023 - It has not been the purpose of the Centre for Legal Resources (CLR) to publicly communicate the main observations today, but following the latest public notice from the responsible authorities, we have to make the subsequent clarifications: As the persons found by the CLR here are not only from Mures Couunty but also from Bucharest...