An important case concerning both access to justice for people with disabilities as well as their mistreatment in institutions,The Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Campeanu v Romania, has taken a significant step forward at the European Court of Human Rights.
This is the first case brought before the European Court of Human Rights painting a grim picture of the range of extreme human rights abuses routinely inflicted upon people with disabilities placed in long-term stay institutions across Europe, and who are often unable to complain or seek remedies for their plight before a court, due to their disability or because they are prevented from doing so by the authorities.
