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Article 14 - Liberty and security of the person
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Compilation of proposed revisions and amendments made by the members of the Ad Hoc Committee to the draft text presented by the Working Group as a basis for negotiations by Member States and Observers in the Ad Hoc Committee
(updated after the completion of the first reading at the Fourth Session, 26 August 2004)
Article 10
Liberty and security of the person
1. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities:
(a) Enjoy the right to liberty and security of the person, without discrimination [based on disability Jordan];
(b) Are not deprived of their liberty6 unlawfully7 or arbitrarily, and that any deprivation of liberty shall be in conformity with the law, and in no case shall be based (solely Canada) on disability.8
((c) When lawfully deprived of liberty measures shall be taken to ensure that they receive rehabilitation while under confinement Uganda)
2. States Parties shall ensure that if persons with disabilities are deprived
of their liberty (through a civil or criminal procedure Mexico), they are:
qa) Treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner that (the degree of the violation of freedom against persons with disabilities should not exceed the general standard and proper provision of conveniences such as the measure for ensuring a meeting with the guardian, assistive tools and due medical service should be properly secured Republic of Korea) takes into account [the needs they have because of Jordan] (the challenges they encounter due to Jordan) their disabilities; (fully respecting their rights in conditions of equality Costa Rica)
(b) Provided with adequate information in accessible formats as to (the applicable law and China) (their legal rights and New Zealand) the reasons for their deprivation of liberty (at the time this occurs New Zealand);
(c) Provided with prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance to:
(i) Challenge the lawfulness of the deprivation of their liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority (in which case they shall be provided with a prompt decision on any such action);
(ii) [Seek regular review of the deprivation of their liberty; Japan]
(d) [[Provided with compensation in the case of unlawful deprivation of liberty, [[or deprivation of liberty based on disability, Japan] contrary to this Convention. China] EU, Mexico, Canada]
(Compensated following determination by an appropriate authority that the deprivation
of liberty has been unlawful. EU)
(The States Parties shall assure to persons with disabilities within their jurisdiction
effective protection and remedies, through the competent national tribunals
and other State institutions, against any unlawful deprivation of liberty which
violates his human rights and fundamental freedoms contrary to this Convention,
as well as the right to seek from such tribunals just and adequate reparation
or satisfaction for any damage suffered as a result of such acts. Mexico)
((e) States Parties shall guarantee that when persons with disabilities are
detained or imprisoned that they be placed in a site adapted to their particular
circumstances of disability respecting their right to participate in all activities
necessary for them to be reincorporated in social life Colombia)
(3.
(i) States Parties shall accept the principle that forced institutionalization of persons with disabilities is illegal, save in exceptional circumstances in accordance with the procedures established by law and with the application of appropriate legal safeguards.
(ii) The law shall provide that in any case of forced institutionalization of persons with disabilities, the best interests of the person concerned will be fully taken into account. EU)
(3. Any person with a disability who has been victim of unlawful deprivation
of liberty shall have an enforceable right to compensation Canada, Lebanon)
(4. The States Parties shall commit to make a thorough revision of their legal
frame, in criminal and civil matters as well as in execution of sentences, in
order to take into consideration the different types of disabilities and adapt
their legal frame to guarantee the respect of the human rights of the persons
with disabilities who are deprived of their freedoms for the commission of a
crime Mexico)
Footnotes:
6. The jurisprudence of the Human Rights
Committee (see, for example, General Comment No. 8) notes that States interpret
deprivation of liberty too narrowly, so that it applies only to the criminal
justice system. The right to liberty and security of persons, however, applies
to all deprivations of liberty, whether in criminal cases or in other cases
such as, for example, mental illness or intellectual disability, vagrancy, drug
addiction, educational purposes or immigration control. The Ad Hoc Committee
may wish to consider: (a) whether civil and criminal cases should be dealt with
separately; (b) whether the text needs further elaboration on civil cases of
deprivation of liberty; and (c) whether, for criminal cases, the clauses in
this text dealing with procedural matters need strengthening (see also article
9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights).
7. The Ad Hoc Committee may wish to discuss
whether the wording of paragraph 1 (b) does or does not prohibit civil commitment,
and whether it should.
8. The Ad Hoc Committee may wish to consider
adding a provision that obliges States to reform laws and procedures that perpetuate
the arrest and detention of persons with disabilities on the basis of disability.