‘Defendants and detainees with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities face systemic barriers in access to justice’ – regional consultation workshops of the JUSTICE FOR ALL project
1. 2. 2023 | Human Rights and Minorities
Between October 2022 and February 2023, the JUSTICE FOR ALL project held four online regional consultation workshops – for lawyers (25 October 2022), probation officers (7 December 2022), supervisory mechanisms (18 January 2023) and judges and prosecutors (1 February 2023).
The project addresses the challenges faced by defendants, detainees and prisoners with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities in cross-border cases: European Arrest Warrant proceedings, transfers of convicted persons between EU countries, procedures with supervisory measures and the enforcement of probation and alternative sanctions. We also address domestic systemic issues that may have an impact on cross-border cooperation in practice.
The consultation workshops gathered stakeholders from all EU Member States and offered information on international standards, case law and practices relevant to defendants and detainees with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities; and insights into the barriers faced by defendants and detainees with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in EU cross-border proceedings and other domestic criminal justice systems in the EU. Particularly valuable was the exchange on open issues, promising practices and strategies to promote the rights of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities.
