Failure to protect vulnerable young man's life in psychiatric hospital

Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Campeanu v Romania (Appl. No. 47848/08)

Documents from the 2023 briefing and recent reference documents:

• Powerpoint presentation by CLR

• 1348th meeting (June 2019) (DH) - Rules 9.2 and 9.6 Reply from the authorities (17/05/2019) following a communication from a NGO (30/04/2019) in the case of CENTRE FOR LEGAL RESOURCES ON BEHALF OF VALENTIN CAMPEANU v. Romania (Application No. 47848/08) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2019)541-rev]

• 1340th meeting (March 2019) (DH) - Rule 9.2 Communication from a NGO (29/11/2018) in the case of CENTRE FOR LEGAL RESOURCES ON BEHALF OF VALENTIN CAMPEANU v. Romania (Application No. 47848/08) [Anglais uniquement] [DH-DD(2018)1242]

Documents from the 2017 briefing

• Rule 9 submission by Georgiana Iorgulescu (Executive Director) and Georgiana Pascu (Programme Manager) of the Centre for Legal Resources (CLR), Roman

• Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights

The case concerns the authorities’ failure to protect the right to life of Mr. Câmpeanu, a young man of Roma origin, orphaned, HIV-positive and diagnosed with profound intellectual disability. The ECtHR found a substantial violation of Article 2 of the Convention in relation to severe shortcomings in the social and medical care afforded to the applicant before his death at the neuropsychiatric hospital. Under Article 46 of the Convention, the ECtHR indicated that Romania take the necessary general measures to ensure that persons with mental health problems in a situation comparable to that of Mr Câmpeanu are afforded independent representation, enabling them to have Convention complaints relating to their health and treatment examined before a court or other independent body.

The current state of execution and the latest domestic developments were presented by Georgiana Pascu, (CLR), Romania.