New Issue of the ECCL Newsletter
Newsletter of the European Coalition for Community Living, Issue no. 10, October 2009
Inside this issue:
- Institutions Remain Dumping Grounds for Forgotten People - by Yana Buhrer Tavanier (Bulgaria) with a Foreword by Judith Klein, the Director of the Open Society Mental Health Initiative
‘This investigation, mostly conducted undercover in institutions for adults with intellectual and mental health disabilities in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia, uncovered evidence of human rights abuses, inhuman and degrading treatment and appalling neglect. It showed that reform in this field remains patchy and slow, and too often leaves the most vulnerable behind.'
- Community Living for people with intellectual Disabilities in Austria - by Tobias Buchner (Austria)
An article which looks at the availability of community-based services for people with intellectual disabilities in Austria.
- New publications: ECCL's Focus Report on Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care - Still waiting ... the unfulfilled promise of Olmstead
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