Violation of the Rights of Persons with Mental Illness in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Pe¿a ¿Urasovi¿ - Bog

Scientific Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: B, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, course: Human Rights for Specific Groups: Women, Children, Persons with Disabilities and Migrants, language: English, abstract: On 2 February 2016, the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Had¿imejli¿ and Others against Bosnia and Herzegovina became final. By this judgement, the violation of the applicants¿ rights to security and liberty prescribed by the Article 5 of the Convention has been established to be caused by the unlawful detention of the applicants in the social care institutions. After more than a year passed from the date of the judgement becoming final, Bosnia and Herzegovina still face difficulties in adopting an action plan on implementation of the measures posed by the judgement concerned.