INTERIGHTS – the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, anorganisation for the promotion of human rights and freedoms based in London, hasbrought several cases to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg involvingpeople with disabilities in institutional care. The three applications were filed againstLithuania and Romania, in cooperation with local partner organisations.
Romania: Valentin Câmpeanu, an intellectually-disabled and HIV-positive teenagerdied in tragic circumstances at the Poiana Mare Psychiatric Hospital.Lithuania: a woman who despite a history of mental health problems led a sociallyfunctional and independent life before being placed in an institution by her adoptivefather in 2000.