Rights of persons with disabilities
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Makki v. Denmark, no. 10297/23
Strapping of the applicant, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, to a restraint bed for 11 days and 11 hours in a psychiatric hospital, after he had assaulted a nurse and pending his transfer to a high security facility.
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B.M. v. Spain, no. 25893/23
Compulsory committal of the applicant to a psychiatric hospital, approved by a court after a hearing held via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and without an in-person examination by a court-appointed doctor.
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Krpelík v. the Czech Republic, no. 23963/21
Criminal conviction of an intellectually disabled person based on pre-trial statements made in the absence of a lawyer and interpreted as a waiver of his right to be represented, causing non-pecuniary damage in the form of distress and frustration.
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