Denial of the Rights of Detainees with Disabilities

Violation Types
Legal elements
  • Denial of the Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: A prisoner is disabled by physical, intellectual or sensory impairment, medical conditions or mental illness
  • Denial of the Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: Inflicted with the consent or acquiescence of state authorities (public officials)
  • Denial of the Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: The prisoner experiences denial of rights of prisoners with diabilities
Constituting Acts
  • Denial of Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: A detainee with a disability should not be placed in solitary confinement
  • Denial of Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: Capital punishment
  • Denial of Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: Denial of access to tools and services; wheelchair, crutches, braces, hearing aids, glasses and medication
  • Denial of Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: Denial of provision of reasonable and accessible accommodation for detainees with disabilities
  • Denial of Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: Denial of provision of special needs relating to detainees' disability (special assistance with daily activities)
  • Denial of Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: Lack of appropriate training for those working in the field of administration of justice, including police and penal facility staff
  • Denial of Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: Sanctions are imposed without consideration of mental illness/developmental disability
  • Denial of Rights of Detainees with Disabilities: Were not informed promptly and directly of the charges against him or her with mental disabilities, and, if appropriate, through his or her parents or legal guardians, and to have legal or other appropriate assistance in the preparation and presentation of his or her defence
Explainer

Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. Disability, in a modern terminology, is the interplay between 'personal factors', such as intellectual or physical impairments, and the environment, such as a lack of or abundance of social services.

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