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AdaptJust – Accessible Justice for people with disabilities

ABOUT THE PROJECT
The project is implemented by the Center of Legal Resources in partnership with The Public Ministry – The Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Justice and benefits from a grant of 1.324.994 € offered by Island, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants. The aim of this project is to facilitate the access to justice for the persons with intellectual disabilities and/or with mental health problems. . Today, Romania has around 17.500 persons with disabilities that are still in the state’s specialised institutions and around 56,6 percent have a mental disability. The UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD), ratified in Romania through the Law no. 221/2010, recognises the right of all these persons to have free access to justice, equally to others, and forces the Romanian authorities to implement the necessary measures to train all the actors involved in the act of justice. . The purpose of this project is to improve the implementation of the ECtHR decisions and of those taken by the CoE Committee of Ministers that concern the rights of the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities that are deprived of their freedom. The project should help improving the capacity of the actors involved to build an accessible justice and will pilot four mechanisms of protection. The access to justice and the degree of implementation of the international guidelines will be promoted through an advocacy campaign by forming specialists in the the field of intellectual and psychosocial disability and by giving legal advice and representing in the court of justice the persons with disabilities. The national advocacy and communication campaign will also increase the capacity of the persons with disabilities, either adults or children, to have a voice when their rights are not respected.

PROJECT PROMOTER: Center of Legal Resources
PARTNER: The Public Ministry – The Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Justice

OBJECTIVES:
The general objective of the project: The improvement of the implementation of the ECtHR and the CoE Committee of Ministers regarding the rights of the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities deprived of their freedom. The project will increase the capacity of the magistrates and the civil society to defend the rights of the persons with disability, will pilot five actions within a mechanism of protection and will propose an Action Plan to prevent the inhuman, degrading and ill treatments in the state administered institutions where the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities are placed.
Specifical objectives: Increasing the capacity of the national institutions implement five of the ECtHR judgements and one of the decisions of the Committee of Ministers regarding Romania in the field of respecting the rights of the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities by a mix of continuous actions, to inform and support the prosecutors, judges, lawyers, the psychiatrists, the psychologists and social workers but also by an advocacy campaign that should last 23 month. Facilitating the access to justice for the persons with intellectual and/mental health problems by creating and piloting, for 23 month, a national mechanism of protection of the rights of the persons with disabilities deprived of freedom in the mental health and social care institutions. The increase of the levels of implementation of the legal international framework regarding the rights of the persons with disabilities by elaborating and disseminating a National Action Plan to prevent the ill treatments in the state institutions where the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities are placed.

ACTIVITIES: Training regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the ECtHR, the Committee of Ministers and the CRPD Committee regarding the ill treatments but also training to report and investigate the complaints of the persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities deprived of their freedom and to elaborate the legal complaints in from of the ECtHR, the European Commission or the European Union Court of Justice. Piloting the Mechanism of protection for the persons with disabilities that are placed in state institutions. Creating a network of psychosocial specialists in the field of mental health and the field of the rights of the persons with intellectual disabilities that will support the courts of law and the prosecutors offices (with pilot projects in Bucharest, Iasi, Timisoara, Cluj, Bihor, Buzau and Sibiu) Elaborating a handbook for the prevention of torture, inhuman and degrading treatments while depriving the persons with disabilities and mental health problems of their freedom (but also regarding the specific situation of the persons that are under restriction) Training the non – governmental organizations and the self-representatives with disability to report to the Committee of Ministers and to the UNCRPD Committee. Elaborating the National Action Plan to prevent the inhuman and degrading treatments, both adults and children, with disabilities/mental health problems finding themselves in psychiatric hospitals, residential centers for persons with disabilities, in the police custody or in jails.
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: November 2021 - October 2023

FUNDING:
The project benefits from a grant of 1.324.994 € offered by Island, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants.

NEWS
• PRESS RELEASE: AdaptJust — Accessible Justice for people with disabilities. Project implemented in partnership by the Centre for Legal Resources and the The Public Ministry
• Announcement of the selection of experts for the AdaptJust project – Accessible justice for people with disabilities (date of publication: 21 February 2022)
• Announcement of the selection of experts to draft relevant documents to achieve the objectives of the AdaptJust project – Accessible justice for people with disabilities (date of publication: 24 February 2022)
• Results of the selection procedure of two experts for the "AdaptJust - accessible justice for people with disabilities" project (date of publication: 8 March 2022)
• Announcement of the selection of experts for the AdaptJust project – Accessible justice for people with disabilities (date of publication: 21 March 2022)
• The result of the file selection stage for the selection procedure of two experts to provide professional training within the "AdaptJust - accessible justice for people with disabilities" project (date of publication: 4 April 2022)
• Communication regarding the selection procedure of two experts to provide professional training within the project "AdaptJust - accessible justice for people with disabilities" (date of publication: 5 April 2022)
• Terms of reference for the selection of four experts to provide training in a series of 20 training sessions under the AdaptJust project - accessible justice for people with disabilities (date of publication: 5 April 2022)
• The results of the selection procedure for expert trainers in the project "AdaptJust - accessible justice for people with disabilities" (date of publication: 7 April 2022)
• The result of the selection procedure for two experts to provide professional training within the project "AdaptJust - accessible justice for people with disabilities" (date of publication: 8 April 2022)
• Terms of reference for the selection of two experts to draft documents relevant to the achievement of the objectives of the AdaptJust project (date of publication: 19 April 2022)
• The result of the file selection stage in the selection procedure of two experts to draft documents in the "AdaptJust - accessible justice for people with disabilities" project (date of publication: 12 May 2022)
• The result of the selection procedure of two experts to draft documents within the "AdaptJust" project (date of publication: 17 May 2022)
• Terms of reference for the selection of an expert to draft documents within the AdaptJust project (date of publication: 26 May 2022)
• The result of the selection procedure of two experts to draft documents within the "AdaptJust" project (date of publication: 27 July 2022)
• Announcement regarding the assignment of an expert position for the drafting of documents within the "AdaptJust" project (date of publication: 28 July 2022)
• Training courses for prosecutors, judges, lawyers, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists (date of publication: 6 September 2022)
• Training course – Baia Mare, 31 August – 2 September2022 (date of publication: 9 September 2022)
• Law no. 140 of 17 May 2022 regarding some protection measures for people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities and the amendment and completion of some normative acts (date of publication: 7 October 2022)
• Simplified guide – Law no/ 140 of 2022: Protection measures for people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities (publication date: 17 October 2022)
• Professional training course for prosecutors, judges, lawyers, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists, Râmnicu Vâlcea, 7 - 9 December 2022 (date of publication: 17 November 2022)
• ORDER of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Labor and Social Solidarity regarding the approval of the methodology and the medical and psychological evaluation report of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in the context of the disposition, extension, replacement or lifting of the protective measure (date of publication: 24 November 2022)
• AdaptJust – Simplified Project Overview (Publish Date: 8 December 2022)
• Debate on the rights of people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities for the elaboration of the National Action Plan (date of publication: 21 December 2022)
• Training course for prosecutors, judges, lawyers, social workers and psychiatrists - Galați, 25 – 27 January 2023 (date of publication: 12 January 2023)
• Training course for prosecutors, judges, lawyers, social workers and psychiatrists – Bucharest, 22 – 24 February 2023 (date of publication: 10 February 2023)
• How can you get out of the ban? Informative material based on the new provisions brought by Law 140/2022 (SIMPLIFIED TEXT), publication date: 21 February 2023 - Material produced by the Legal Resources Center, within the Free to Decide project. Transition from guardianship to Decision-Making Support for individuals with disabilities, with the financial support of Active Citizens Fund Romania, a program financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through EEA grants 2014-2021. January 2023.
• What is assistance regarding the conclusion of legal documents (SIMPLIFIED TEXT), publication date: 21 February 2023 - Material produced by the Legal Resources Center, within the project Free to decide. Transition from guardianship to Support in Decision Making for people with disabilities, with the support financial support of the Active Citizens Fund Romania, a program financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through EEA grants 2014-2021. January 2023.
• Communication in court with people with disabilities SIMPLIFIED TEXT), publication date: 21 February 2023 - Material produced by the Legal Resources Center, within the project Free to decide. Transition from guardianship to Support in Decision Making for people with disabilities, with financial support of the Active Citizens Fund Romania, a program financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through EEA grants 2014-2021. January 2023.
• Professional training course for prosecutors, judges, lawyers, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists - 22 – 24 March 2023, Ploiesti (date of publication: 10 March 2023)
• Professional training course for prosecutors, judges, lawyers, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists – 5 – 7 April 2023, Craiova (date of publication: 27 March 2023)
• Professional training course for prosecutors, judges, lawyers, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists – 24 – 26 May 2023, Bucharest (date of publication: 8 May 2023)
• Barriers faced by suspects and defendants with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities \| RESEARCH carried out within the project "Facilitating inclusion and access to justice for suspects and defendants with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities", project co-financed by the European Union (date of publication: 11 July 2023)
• SIMPLIFIED GUIDE for using the CEASUL BUN application (date of publication: 26 July 2023)
• Training course for psychologists and psychopedagogues to facilitate communication between people with disabilities and judicial authorities, organized in Bucharest between 21 and 22 October 2023 (date of publication: 31 October 2023)
• International Principles and Guidelines on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities, United Nations, Geneva, August 2020 (date of publication: 15 November 2023)
• Terms of reference for the selection of two experts in the AdaptJust project – Accessible justice for people with disabilities (date of publication: 14.12.2023)
• Press release regarding the launch of a web platform intended for people with disabilities confined in residential centers, dormitories, medico-social units and wards or psychiatric hospitals - https://www.CerAjutor.ro (date of publication: 18.12.2023)
• The result of the file selection stage in the selection procedure of two experts to draft documents in the "AdaptJust - accessible justice for people with disabilities" project (date of publication: 22 December 2023, 3:30 p.m.)
• The result of the selection procedure of two experts to draft documents within the "AdaptJust - accessible justice for people with disabilities" project (date of publication: 28 December 2023, 10:00 a.m.)
• The Ceasul bun application - digital tool available to all people with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities or institutionalized neurological and/or elderly conditions (date of publication: 12 January 2024
• Training Sessions for Magistrates: Re-Examining Persons with Disabilities (Published: 18 March 2024)

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The project is implemented by the Center of Legal Resources in partnership with The Public Ministry – The Prosecutor’s Office attached to the
High Court of Cassation and Justiceand benefits from a grant of 1.324.994 € offered by Island, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants.
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The aim of this project is to facilitate the access to justice for the persons with intellectual disabilities and/or with mental health problems.

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The project is financially supported by the EEA Grants 2014-2021. The content of this site does not necessarily reflect the official position of the Programm Operator,
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