somali PTSD disabled

On the 15th of May 2023, DRC filed a complaint to the CRPD, in a case where a Somali person who had asylum for over 30 years in Denmark, and who was since expelled due to criminal activity, was found to no longer be at risk upon return. The applicant was homeless, struggling with drug […]

Disability
CRPD 105/2023

Forced psychiatric interventions; deprivation of freedom based on psychosocial disability

S.M., a national of Denmark, v.Denmark on violation of articles 14, 15 and 16, read in conjunction with article 4, and articles 17 and 25, of the Convention. The author describes himself as a human rights activist who has been subjected to forced psychiatric interventions since 2011, as a result of which the author took […]

  • Decision: 4 Oktober 2023
Disability
CRPD 61/2019

Violado el derecho de reagrupación familiar de hombre discapacitado

The male author was receiving social benefits on the basis of his disability and he was not in a position to take up employment. Danish authorities rejected the author’s application for family reunification as they concluded that the male author had a reasonable prospect of satisfying the requirement of self-support, because of his possibility of […]

  • Decision: 31. August 2018
Disability
CRPD 39/2017