On 27 March, the Department for the Execution of Judgments met representatives of civil society organisations in Romania working for the protection and promotion of rights of people with disabilities or with mental health conditions.
Representatives of the European Implementation Network, which organised the visit, were also in attendance.
The exchanges focused on the implementation of several judgments delivered by the European Court between 2012 and 2022 finding violations of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the legal protection and medical and social care afforded to vulnerable persons, the legality of involuntary placements and treatment in psychiatric hospitals, the problems of overcrowding and inadequate conditions and care available in these hospitals and the criminal investigations conducted into acts and omissions against vulnerable persons in institutions which had amounted to violations of Article 2 or 3 of the Convention.
The Committee of Ministers will examine the status of implementation of the relevant judgments at its next Human Rights meeting, which will take place on 5–7 June 2023.
Indicative list of cases to be examined at the 1468th CMDH meeting
