ALT A social media post with text and accompanying illustration of a person surrounded by various symbols for access to health services, accessible housing, education, community-based support, financial support and labour market inclusion. The main text reads: What does deinstitutionalization of persons with disabilities require of States? The closure of institutions and the implementation of policies that enable persons with disabilities to live independently in the community.
ALT A social media post with text and accompanying illustration of three people engaged in a dialogue. The text reads: It also violates the right of persons with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community. Institutionalization on the basis of a disability has also been found to amount to torture and inhuman and degrading treatment.
ALT A social media post with text and accompanying illustration of a person at a podium. The text reads: Does institutionalization violate the rights of persons with disabilities? The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has said that institutionalization amounts to disability-based discrimination
ALT A social media post with text and accompanying illustration of a scared person trapped inside a house without a key. The text reads: “What do persons with disabilities commonly face when institutionalized? They are often deprived of ordinary freedoms to decide what to do, where to go and may even be stopped from having their own possessions.”
ALT A social media post with text and accompanying illustration of a distressed person in the palm of another person’s hand. The text (which is a continuation of the first post) reads: "They are exposed to life-threatening conditions, including violence, neglect, abuse, ill-treatment and torture. In addition, institutionalized persons have reported being chemically, mechanically or physically restrained and subjected to medical intervention."
ALT A social media post with text and accompanying illustration of a scared person trapped inside a house without a key. The text reads: “What do persons with disabilities commonly face when institutionalized? They are often deprived of ordinary freedoms to decide what to do, where to go and may even be stopped from having their own possessions.”
ALT Flag of Zambia. Image by www.slon.pics on Freepik.
ALT A social media post with text and accompanying illustration of a person making a presentation. The words “affordability”, “acceptability” and “adaptability” are written on the board behind the presenter. The main text reads: "Support and accommodations should be provided to persons with disabilities to express their will and preferences. States must ensure the availability, accessibility, acceptability, affordability and adaptability of high-quality community-based services for mental healthcare."
ALT A social media post with text and an accompanying illustration of three panelists speaking at an event. The text reads: "What kind of mental healthcare should be provided by States? Treatment for mental health should never be forced and should always be based on affirmative, free, and informed consent."
ALT Graphic image with quote from Nkhasi Sefuthi, LNFOD’s executive director. The quote reads: “LNFOD has repeatedly raised concerns about the continued institutionalization of persons with disabilities in undignified and inhumane conditions at Mohlomi Hospital. This violates their constitutional rights and Lesotho’s obligations in terms of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)”
ALT A poster with text and accompanying illustration of a person inside a building looking on at two people outside who are waving at that person. There is a speech bubble above the head of the person who is inside the building. The text reads: "It is any place where persons with disabilities have to live in groups, without being part of their communities, and without control over routines and life decisions."
ALT A poster with text and accompanying illustrations of various institutions mentioned in the text. The text reads: What is an institution? It is a place where persons with disabilities are forced to live to supposedly receive "care" or "treatment", including nursing homes, group homes, treatment centers, long stay hospitals, special boarding schools
ALT There are people that cannot live in the community.
ALT FALSE
ALT All persons with disabilities have the right to live in the community, and deciding that some people cannot live independently and should stay in institutions is discriminatory (para 37). Via paragraph 37 of the guidelines on deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies (2022)
