Human rights aspects of deaths of institutionalized people with disabilities in Europe

This chapter draws on the authors’ work at the Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC), an international non-governmental organization based in Budapest, Hungary. MDAC advances the human rights of adults and children with actual or perceived mental health problems or intellectual disabilities. It works in several European countries, predominantly former socialist countries of central and eastern Europe. With its partner organizations, the MDAC represents clients in domestic and international courts, conducts policy-oriented research and advocates for the advancement of human rights at the intergovernmental level.