{"id":1466,"date":"2015-01-29T15:44:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T13:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/?page_id=1466"},"modified":"2025-02-12T14:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:58:22","slug":"advocate-for-dignity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/advocate-for-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocate for dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>ONGOING PROJECTS<\/h4>\n<h1 class=\"headline\">HOME \u2013 Helping Children Move Forward, Support and Empowerment Services<\/h1>\n<p>In 2022, a subtle amendment to the law on children\u2019s rights went unnoticed by civil society, making it possible to institutionalize children even if they are between 0-7 years old, in a foster care center on the grounds of lack of services, seriously affecting the child\u2019s right to family and community development, although the Government has committed to close the foster care centers and ensure that every child lives in the biological family, foster family or with a Professional Foster Carer. Such cases have been documented by CLR in Mures County through direct interaction with children, families, County Directorate for Social Welfare and Child Protection &#8211; DGASPC employees, City Hall, and local NGOs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/home-helping-others-move-forward-support-and-empowerment-services\/\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 class=\"headline\">Justice for victims with intellectual and\/or psychosocial disabilities<\/h1>\n<p>The project \u201cJustice for victims with intellectual and\/or psychosocial disabilities\u201d is intended as a follow-up to the CRJ initiatives \u201cAdaptJust \u2013 accessible justice for people with disabilities\u201d and \u201cFree to decide\u201d which identified increased needs for comprehensive assistance to over 200 people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, victims of human trafficking offenses in the files of DIICOT Central Structure and DIICOT Territorial Structure Mures. CLR visited multiple social care homes between 2022-2023 and referred the cases to the prosecutor\u2019s offices, also collaborating with investigative journalists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/justice-for-victims-with-intellectual-and-or-psychosocial-disabilities\/\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 class=\"headline\">MindfulJustice: Aligning Police Practices and State Accountability<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">The Romanian state has been condemned by the judges of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on several occasions for violations of the fundamental rights of vulnerable groups and in particular of persons with mental disabilities. An important aspect noted was the lack of procedures and tools at the level of police detectives and mental health professionals. The only manual for training police detectives dated from 2005 and there are no references no interventions when a person with mental disabilities is involved. According to the statements of professionals in the field, they are the first to be called when incidents occur or when emergency intervention is needed, including for the hearing of witnesses, victims or defendants with mental disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/mindful-justice-aligning-police-practices-and-state-accountability\/\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n<div id=\"crumbs\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>LITI-GATE<i>. <\/i>Strategic Litigation as a Gateway to address the rights of Persons with Disabilities in the European Union<\/h1>\n<p>The LITI-GATE project \u2013 Strategic Litigation as a Gateway to address the rights of Persons with Disabilities in the European Union \u2013 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/advocate-for-dignity\/liti-gate-strategic-litigation-as-a-gateway-to-address-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-in-the-european-union\/\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>COMPLETED PROJECTS<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/advocate-for-dignity\/adaptjust-accessible-justice-for-people-with-disabilities\/\">AdaptJust \u2013 Accessible Justice for people with disabilities<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/advocate-for-dignity\/free-to-decide-transition-from-guardianship-to-supported-decision-making-for-persons-with-disabilities\/\">Free to Decide. Transition from guardianship to Supported Decision Making for persons with disabilities<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/enable-enabling-inclusion-and-access-to-justice-for-defendants-with-intellectual-and-psychosocial-disabilities\/\">ENABLE. Enabling inclusion and access to justice for defendants with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/advocate-for-dignity\/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\/\">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.<\/a><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Innovating European lawyers to advance the rights of children with disabilities<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/innovating-european-lawyers-to-advance-rights-of-children-with-disabilities\/\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Death Camps Next to You<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/death-camps-next-to-you\/\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Access to justice for children with mental disabilities<\/h1>\n<p><strong>The project aims<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/advocate-for-dignity\/access-to-justice-for-children-with-mental-disabilities\/\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>THE PRACTICAL SCHOOL: Innovation in higher education and success on\u00a0the labor\u00a0market<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Main objective:\u00a0<\/strong>Extending the learning opportunities through the Practical School \u2013 essential factor for promoting the innovation in higher education, regarding the increase in competitivity and insertion of graduates on the labor market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/advocate-for-dignity\/the-practical-school-innovation-in-higher-education-and-success-on-the-labour-market\/\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>PROGRAMME NEWS<\/h4>\n<div class=\"display-posts-listing\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/media-advocacy\/\">Media Advocacy<\/a> <span class=\"date\">12.02.2025<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Update: From family to institution. State abuse under the guise of protection in the case of the children from Mures: separated from their parents due to the &#8220;absence of services in the community&#8221;. Watch the Digi24 coverage: Interviews What will happen to the 63 children with disabilities in centers in T\u00e2rgu-Mure\u0219? Centre for Legal Resources...<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/the-cry-of-children-with-disabilities-illegally-institutionalized-by-dgaspc-mures\/\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/comunicat-de-presa-site-copii-mures-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/the-cry-of-children-with-disabilities-illegally-institutionalized-by-dgaspc-mures\/\">The cry of children with disabilities &#8211; illegally institutionalized by DGASPC Mures<\/a> <span class=\"date\">11.01.2025<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Bucharest, January 11, 2025 On the morning of January 11, 2025, between 5:30 and 7:00 a.m., representatives of the Centre for Legal Resources (CLR) and of the Monitoring Council (Law no. 8\/2016) carried out unnanounced monitoring visits in four foster care centers, under the subordination of DGASPC Mures, located in the municipality of Targu Mures....<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/national-disability-benchbook\/\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Elegant-Minimalist-A4-Stationery-Paper-Document-2-1-600x600.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/national-disability-benchbook\/\">National Disability Benchbook<\/a> <span class=\"date\">28.08.2024<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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],...<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/ilfov-county-human-rights-reports-and-media-investigations\/\">Ilfov County &#8211; Human rights reports and media investigations<\/a> <span class=\"date\">9.05.2024<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Casa Cora social care home Armonia social care home Sf\u00e2ntul Gabriel cel Viteaz social care home All of our human rights monitoring reports can be read HERE.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/monitoring-reports\/\">Monitoring reports<\/a> <span class=\"date\">2.04.2024<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">CLR constantly organises unannounced monitoring visits to public or private social care homes, psychiatric hospitals, medical units, sheltered housing. After each visit, the monitors of the CLR who have been present at the specified locations draw up a monitoring report, which is then sent to the authorities and published in the section below. For more...<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/clr-amendments-rejected-by-the-romanian-senate-without-a-thorough-analysis-social-assistance-legislation-on-the-protection-of-elderly-and-or-persons-with-disabilities\/\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/website-2-600x600.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/clr-amendments-rejected-by-the-romanian-senate-without-a-thorough-analysis-social-assistance-legislation-on-the-protection-of-elderly-and-or-persons-with-disabilities\/\">CLR amendments rejected by the Romanian Senate without a thorough analysis | Social Assistance Legislation on the Protection of Elderly and\/or Persons with Disabilities<\/a> <span class=\"date\">20.12.2023<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 C\u0103su\u021ba Lu&#8217; Min social care home in B\u00e2rde\u0219ti, Mure\u0219 county. At the same time, the control actions of the CLR made it possible to put an end to the abuses...<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/cerajutor-ro-website-launch-report-abuses-instantly-press-release\/\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/website-platforma-600x600.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/cerajutor-ro-website-launch-report-abuses-instantly-press-release\/\">CerAjutor.ro &#8211; website launch: report abuses instantly | PRESS RELEASE<\/a> <span class=\"date\">13.12.2023<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Centre for Legal Resources, a non-governmental human rights organization, in partnership with the Public Ministry &#8211; the Prosecutor&#8217;s Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, have developed within the AdaptJust project &#8211; accessible justice for people with disabilities &#8211; a web platform for people with disabilities confined in social care homes, elderly homes,...<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/i-translated-from-romanian-into-romanian-how-the-course-for-court-intermediaries-ended\/\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/395173217_330873086262307_3722747050828687233_n-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/i-translated-from-romanian-into-romanian-how-the-course-for-court-intermediaries-ended\/\">&#8220;I translated from Romanian into Romanian&#8221; &#8211; how the course for justice intermediaries ended<\/a> <span class=\"date\">24.10.2023<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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...<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/study-visit-to-the-council-of-europe-roma-inclusion-and-empowerment-standards-and-cooperation-activities\/\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230912-EEA-Norway-Grants-Study-Visit-gallery-7-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/study-visit-to-the-council-of-europe-roma-inclusion-and-empowerment-standards-and-cooperation-activities\/\">Study visit to the Council of Europe: Roma inclusion and empowerment &#8211; Standards and cooperation activities<\/a> <span class=\"date\">18.09.2023<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">From 12-14 September, the Council of Europe Education Department hosted a group of representatives of the EEA\/Norway Grant Programme in Romania &#8220;Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Increasing Roma Inclusion&#8221; on a study visit to the Council of Europe on Roma inclusion and empowerment. CLR, through our colleague Georgiana B\u0103descu, coordinator of communication activities within the...<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/romanian-care-homes-scandal-spotlights-abuse-described-as-inhumane-and-degrading-ap-news\/\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-07-28-at-13.34.20-4-600x600.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/romanian-care-homes-scandal-spotlights-abuse-described-as-inhumane-and-degrading-ap-news\/\">Romanian care homes scandal spotlights abuse described as \u2018inhumane and degrading\u2019 &#8211; AP News<\/a> <span class=\"date\">9.08.2023<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) \u2014 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. \u201cIn the beginning, we were quite sure there is nothing there,\u201d said Pascu, program manager...<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONGOING PROJECTS HOME \u2013 Helping Children Move Forward, Support and Empowerment Services In 2022, a subtle amendment to the law on children\u2019s rights went unnoticed by civil society, making it possible to institutionalize children even if they are between 0-7 years old, in a foster care center on the grounds of lack of services, seriously&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21394,"href":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466\/revisions\/21394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}