OPEN RESEARCH BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
CONTENT
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Introduction: Why Open Research behind Closed Doors?................ 1
COVID-19 and human rights in closed institutions.............................. 4
Right to liberty............................................................................................ 4
Right to family life....................................................................................... 7
Right to information................................................................................... 9
Right to health............................................................................................10
Monitoring..................................................................................................14
Conclusion..................................................................................................15
Recommendations for administrations of facilities
and policymakers .....................................................................................17
TERMINOLOGY
Disabilities
Intellectual disability: learning difficulties, meaning that persons concerned
might need longer time for cognitive activities, learn differently and need
various individual support.1
Psychosocial disability: interaction between persons with disabilities and
attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinder full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others; including psychiatric
disabilities and psychosocial challenges.2
Preventive measures all the forms of deprivation of liberty mentioned below
Compulsory withdrawal treatment: deprivation of liberty of persons with
addictions in addition to the prison sentence.
Preventive custodial measures: deprivation of liberty of persons exempted
or partly exempted from criminal liability to reduce ‘their dangerousness’;
used to cover forensic commitment and treatment in specialised facilities
and clinics for forensic psychiatry.
Preventive detention: deprivation of liberty for criminally responsible persons3 to reduce ‘their dangerousness’ instead of or after the prison sentence.
Person concerned
A person with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities deprived of liberty
in any aforementioned forms, including detainees and patients in specialised facilities and clinics for forensic psychiatry.