ENABLE. Model disability benchbook

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The Model Benchbook on the Rights of persons with disabilities in Criminal Proceedings was drafted by the International Commission of Jurists, within the ENABLE project, implemented in eight EU countries and coordinated by the Validity Foundation.

The project seeks to promote access to justice and fairer criminal proceedings for defendants with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

As one of the main deliverables of the project, the Model Benchbook thoroughly analises the relevant international and regional human rights standards on procedural accommodations for defendants with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities within criminal proceedings, providing also practical guidelines for the their implementation.

The content of this Benchbook is based on research conducted in the ENABLE project on barriers to implementing procedural and fair trial rights during the pre-trial and trial phases of proceedings, and it served as a foundation for national disability rights benchbooks, developed by partner organisations in the mentioned above countries.

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