Título:	Places of care = places of safety? : violence against persons with disabilities in institutions
Autor(es):	European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Publicação:	Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2025
Descrição física:	114 p. : il., figuras, quadros ; [doc. eletrónico]
Resumo:	Contents; Foreword; Key findings and FRA opinions; Introduction; 1. Places of care = Places of safety?; 2. Legal instruments for the protection against, prevention of and responses to violence against persons with disabilities; 2.1. The EU’s legal and policy framework; 2.2. Obligations incumbent on the EU as a party to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; 2.3. Persons with disabilities and the European Convention on Human Rights; 3. National legal and policy frameworks; 3.1. Legal protection from violence at the national level; 3.1.1. What drives change?; 3.1.2. Shortcomings in general and disability-specific legal provisions; 3.1.3. Disparate protection in law and policy across sectors and groups; 3.2. Perspectives from the ground – the effectiveness of national frameworks and their application in practice; 3.2.1. Embedding a human-rights-based approach into care and harmonising protection levels; 3.2.2. Investing in the practical implementation of existing standards; 3.2.3. Enhancing resources to ensure that law in theory translates into law in action; 3.3. Conclusions and key takeaways; 4. Prevention of violence through monitoring; 4.1. Monitoring bodies at the national level – a diverse landscape; 4.1.1. Public monitoring bodies; 4.1.2. Independent monitoring bodies; 4.1.3. Cooperation between various national actors in the context of monitoring; 4.2. Perspectives from the ground – effective oversight through a human-rights-based approach to monitoring; 4.2.1. Expanding the scope and depth of monitoring and harmonising monitoring practices; 4.2.2. Enhancing accountability through enforceability and follow-up on monitoring visits; 4.2.3. Investing in monitoring bodies by increasing resources and training monitoring staff; 4.2.4. Ensuring participatory monitoring and enabling internal user-led monitoring; 4.2.5. Strengthening cooperation; 4.3. Conclusions and key takeaways; 5. Response to violence through ensuring access to justice; 5.1. Seeking justice – the provision of information; 5.2. Internal and external complaint mechanisms; 5.2.1. Internal complaint mechanisms; 5.2.2. External complaint procedures; 5.2.3. The role of criminal justice authorities; 5.2.4. Cooperation between the authorities supporting victims; 5.2.5. Lack of (disaggregated) data on complaints; 5.3. Perspectives from the ground; 5.3.1. Tackling inconsistent implementation; 5.3.2. Establishing robust accessible complaint mechanisms catering to the specific needs of persons with disabilities; 5.3.3. Increasing people’s awareness of their rights and existing mechanisms; 5.3.4. Counteracting (the fear of) consequences and retaliation when complaining; 5.4. Conclusions and key takeaways; Annex I: Terminology; Annex II: Methodology; Desk research; Fieldwork research
ISBN/ISSN:	ISBN 978-92-9489-671-1
Assuntos:	PESSOA COM DEFICIÊNCIA | VIOLÊNCIA | PREVENÇÃO | CONVENÇÃO | DIREITOS DAS PESSOAS COM DEFICIÊNCIA
Veja também:	EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
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Localização:	DE 119 (INR)

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Título:	The legal protection of persons with mental health problems under non-discrimination law: : understanding disability as defined by law and the duty to provide reasonable accommodation in European Union Member States
Autor(es):	European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Publicação:	Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2011
Descrição física:	39 p.: 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN:	ISBN 978-92-9192-760-9
Assuntos:	IGUALDADE DE OPORTUNIDADES
Veja também:	European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Localização:	D 559 (INR) - 11739

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Título:	Le droit à la participation politique des personnes souffrant de troubles mentaux et des personnes handicapées mentales
Autor(es):	European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Publicação:	Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2011
Descrição física:	24 p. : il. 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN:	ISBN 978-92-9192-657-2
Assuntos:	DEFICIENTE MENTAL | DOENÇA MENTAL | ELEIÇÕES | DIREITOS DOS DEFICIENTES | CONVENÇÃO
Veja também:	EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
Localização:	D 560 (INR) - 11750

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