Cu doua zile in urma, Departamentul de Stat al SUA a dat publicitatii raportul anual privind respectarea drepturilor omului.
Printre abuzurile mentionate in raportul de tara privind Romania se numara si cele referitoare la persoanele cu handicap si persoanele infectate HIV. Astfel, raportul subliniaza ca desi legea interzice discriminarea, aceasta nu a fost implementata iar discriminarea persoanelor cu dizabilitati a ramas o problema constanta in 2007. Intr-un studiu din 2006 efectuat de ANPH in 325 de institutii locale importante (prefecturi, consilii judetene, muzee), 73% din institutiile verificate nu asigurau accesibilitatea pentru persoane cu handicap. Este amintit si raportul Amnesty International din 2006 care a criticat conditiile din spitalele de psihiatrie, unde conditiile de trai si tratamentul pacientilor, aflate sub standardele internationale, nu s-au imbunatatit in 2007. Se mentioneaza igiena proasta, caldura si hrana insuficienta, lipsa apei curente, numarul insuficient de paturi. Desi guvernul a adoptat in 2005 un plan de actiune referitor la persoanele cu handicap mintal, multe din prevederile acestui plan nici macar nu au fost implementate. Prin urmare, planul guvernului nu a condus la imbunatatirea conditiilor in institutiile de profil. Nu ne intrece nimeni la planuri de actiune, comitete si comitii. Se face referire si la rapoartele critice ale MDRI si CRJ (negate sau minimalizate de oficialitati la vremea aparitiei lor). Discriminarea persoanelor infectate HIV/SIDA, carora li s-a impiedicat accesul la ingrijire medicala de rutina, a continuat fara ca autoritatile sa impuna respectarea legii. Incalcarea confidentialitatii in cazul acestor persoane a fost frecventa si rareori pedepsita. Este amintit si raportul HRW care mentiona discriminarea generalizata in cazul copiilor infectati HIV/SIDA si esecul autoritatilor impotente de a proteja acesti copii impotriva discriminarii, abuzului si neglijentei. Mai putin de 60% din acesti copii au putut sa urmeze cursurile scolare. Doctorii au refuzat sa-i trateze. Personalul medical, autoritatile scolare, functionarii guvernamentali sunt cu totii criticati pentru incalcarea confidentialitatii informatiilor in cazul acestor copii, conducand la refuzul unitatilor scolare si/sau medicale de a-i primi. S-au raportat si cazuri de copii fara vreun handicap mintal care au fost internati in centre pentru copii cu handicap mintal pentru ca erau infectati HIV/SIDA. Este criticata si lipsa informarii corecte a copiilor si adolescentilor purtatori. Se aminteste ca guvernul nu a pus la punct o strategie in cazul tranzitiei adolescentilor HIV-pozitivi institutionalizati la implinirea varstei de 18 ani. In schimb, guvernul a cooperat cu organizatii internationale pentru a implementa o strategie nationala SIDA prin organizarea de conferinte si distribuirea de brosuri... ---------------------------- Vali "Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions are the chief mark of greatness." (Carlo Goldoni) "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." (Jimi Hendrix) Aboneaza-te la *ngo_list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*: o alternativa moderata (un pic) la [ngolist] *Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email?* http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100580.htm *Romania*** *Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007<http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/> * Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 11, 2008 […] Persons with Disabilities The law prohibits discrimination against all persons in employment, education, access to health care, or the provision of other services. However, the government did not fully implement the law, and discrimination against persons with disabilities remained a problem during the year. The law mandates accessibility for persons with disabilities to buildings and public transportation. In practice, the country had few facilities specifically designed for persons with disabilities. In a 2006 study, the national agency for persons with disabilities inspected 325 important local state institutions, such as prefecture buildings, county council buildings, and museums, and found that 73 percent of these structures lacked adequate accommodations for persons with disabilities. Few public and private facilities voluntarily installed accessible features. As of March 31, the government reported that approximately 438,000 adults and 55,000 children were registered as persons with disabilities. Of this number, almost 17,000 adults and 193 children were receiving special care in residential institutions. The country had 149 residential institutions for adults with disabilities. NGOs estimated that there were some 300,000 persons with intellectual disabilities, and close to three million total persons with disabilities. An Amnesty International (AI) report released in May 2006 criticized the conditions in psychiatric hospitals, which continued to fall below international standards. The country had 38 psychiatric hospitals, four of which were considered secure facilities for convicted criminals, and 66 outpatient mental health facilities, most of which were not in operation. According to reports by human rights NGOs, the placement, living conditions, and treatment of patients in many psychiatric wards and hospitals did not meet international human rights standards and were below professional norms. Most psychiatric hospitals had poor hygiene, insufficient heating, and insufficient food rations. Some hospitals lacked running water, were heavily overcrowded, lacked a sufficient number of beds, and had no mechanism for complaints of abuse. Patients were in many cases secluded in rooms with metal bars on the windows based on arbitrary decisions of the staff. Conditions in psychiatric wards did not improve during the year. Although the government adopted an action plan regarding persons with mental disabilities in 2005, NGOs asserted that this plan failed to improve conditions in psychiatric institutions; most aspects of the plan were not implemented. The provision of community-based mental health care services remained inadequate. A May 2006 NGO report by Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) harshly criticized the government for its treatment of children with mental and physical disabilities. MDRI found that children were being detained in adult facilities, some children were kept in permanent restraints, and abuse and neglect were commonplace throughout the country's mental institutions and healthcare facilities. The Center for Legal Resources, a local NGO, reported that minors with mental disabilities were routinely mistreated in state care institutions. These children were subjected to both verbal and physical abuse, including being tied to their beds, beaten, and threatened that they would be sent to psychiatric hospitals. Some minors were sent to psychiatric hospitals without the consent of the minors' legal guardians. According to human rights NGOs, there was no system to ensure that the rights of children with mental disabilities were observed in state care institutions. […] The authorities rarely enforced laws prohibiting discrimination against persons with HIV. Discrimination against persons with HIV/AIDS impeded access to routine medical and dental care. Breaches of confidentiality involving individuals' HIV status were common and rarely punished. An August 2006 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report noted widespread discrimination faced by children with HIV/AIDS and authorities' failure to protect children from discrimination, abuse, and neglect. According to the report, fewer than 60 percent of the children and youths with HIV/AIDS attended school. Most HIV/AIDS infections were the result of contaminated blood transfusions and other medical procedures in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Doctors often refused to treat children and youths with HIV/AIDS. Medical personnel, school officials, and government employees did not keep the confidentiality of information about the children, which caused the children and families to be denied services such as schooling. In some situations the children and their parents were threatened by parents of other children to keep them out of school. There were also reports that children without any mental disability were placed in centers for children with mental disabilities because they were HIV/AIDS-positive. Children had no legal right to learn of their HIV status without parental consent, and adolescents often lacked the ability to make informed decisions on medical treatment, education, and employment. Over half of HIV-infected adolescents were sexually active; they frequently experienced reduced access to facilities for reproductive healthcare and the prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections. A June 2006 HRW report found that, although the country was the first in Eastern Europe to provide universal access to antiretroviral therapy, stigma and discrimination against persons with HIV/AIDS frequently impeded their access to education, medical care, government services, and employment. The government lacked a strategy to manage the transition of HIV-positive children living in institutions or foster care after they turned 18. Fewer than 60 percent of HIV-positive children and adolescents attended some form of schooling. The law set penalties for knowingly transmitting HIV. During the year the government cooperated with international organizations to implement a national AIDS strategy by conducting conferences and disseminating brochures to raise public awareness of the disease. […] (c) USA.gov
