Validity Foundation - Mental Disability Advocacy Centre



National briefing papers

Research conducted in Bulgaria, Czechia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Portugal assessed the (1) barriers defendants with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities face in the criminal justice system in accessing information, support and procedural accommodations that prevent them from participating, and (2) the extent and manner in which law, policy, and/or practice (including promising practices) allow them to overcome these barriers, particularly through the provision of procedural accommodations.

The reports will help to shape reform and the creation of a disability bench book and protocol to make criminal proceedings more accessible.

Bulgaria – available in English, in Bulgarian as well as in Bulgarian Easy-to-Read

Bulgaria - briefing paper, cover

English Easy-to-Read

Bulgaria - briefing paper in BG

Bulgarian Easy-to-Read

 

 

Czechia – available in English and in Czech as well as in Czech Easy-to-Read

Czechia - briefing paper in ENG

English Easy-to-Read

Czechia - briefing paper in CZ

Czech Easy-to-Read

Lithuania– available in English and in Lithuanian as well as in Lithuanian Easy-to-Read

Lithuania - briefing paper ENG

English Easy-to-Read

Lithuania - briefing paper in LT

Lithuanian Easy-to-Read

Romania – available in English and in Romanian as well as in Romanian Easy-to-Read

Romania - briefing paper in ENG

English Easy-to-Read

Romania - briefing paper in RO

Romanian Easy-to-Read

Slovakia– available in English and in Slovak as well as in Slovak Easy-to-Read

English Easy-to-Read

Slovakia - briefing paper in Slovak

Slovak Easy-to-Read

Slovenia– available in English and in Slovenian

Slovenia - briefing paper in ENG

English Easy-to-Read

Slovenia - briefing paper in Slovenian

Slovenian Easy-to-Read

Spain– available in English and in Spanish as well as in Spanish Easy-to-Read

Spain - briefing paper in English

English Easy-to-Read

Spain - briefing paper in Spanish

Spanish Easy-to-Read

Portugal– available in English and in Portuguese as well as in Portuguese Easy-to-Read

Portugal - briefing paper in ENG

English Easy-to-Read

Portugal - briefing paper in Portuguese

Portuguese Easy-to-Read