The recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in a case of long-term disability related harassment of a young Serbian man offers some hope of additional recourse to justice for disabled people who are subjected to hate crime.
In the case of Đorđević v Croatia – 41526/10 – HEJUD [2012] ECHR 1640 the court decided that Croatian state failed to stop disability harassment that amounted to degrading treatment. The disabled person who suffered persistent physical and mental harassment because of his disability and race was let down by a number of public authorities who provided inadequate response to prevent the continued physical violence and mental tormenting.
For more information on the case and commentary, please go the Government Lawyer website.
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