UN Committee Against Torture calls for end to abuses against children with disabilities in Serbia
Child dies after denial of medical treatment
Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) – the oversight body for the Convention Against Torture – recently made recommendations to the Serbian government regarding torture in the country, with a special section addressing “Torture and Disability.”
Following MDRI’s November 2007 report, Torment not Treatment: Serbia’s Segregation and Abuse of Children and Adults with Disabilities, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture requested MDRI to present its finding to him and CAT at their headquarters in Geneva.
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