In the case I.C. v. the Republic of Moldova The Court has found multiple violations of the Convention.

The case concerned an intellectually disabled woman and her allegations that she had been forced to work for free and sexually abused after she had been removed from State care to live on a farm.

The Court noted that the legal and administrative framework concerning the removal from State care of persons with intellectual disabilities had flaws, particularly due to the lack of support services and monitoring. In the applicant’s case this had led to the authorities’ failure to take measures to protect her and/or to adequately investigate her allegations, as concerned either the labour exploitation or the rape. It found that the authorities had had a discriminatory attitude towards the applicant because she was a woman with an intellectual disability.

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