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An independent monitoring mechanism with the inclusion of Disabled Persons’ Organizations
(DPOs) should be set up to monitor closed institutions, including prisons where persons with
disabilities are staying.
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Disability Law classes should be opened at Law Schools. Bar Associations should include
disability law in the trainings offered to legal practitioners.
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Sign language interpreters and experts working at courthouses should be trained on disability
rights and their numbers should be increased. Persons who cannot pass the trainings should not
be appointed to the trials of the persons with disabilities.
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Code of Criminal Procedure should be amended to provide interpreters together with a lawyer
and an expert for psychological support should be obligatorily provided for special situations.
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The Ministry of the Interior and The General Directorate of Services for Persons with
Disabilities and Elderly (EYHGM) should provide in-service training on disability rights to the
police, gendarmerie, prison staff and private security officers. Follow-up activities after the
trainings should be undertaken and the implementation through these trained personnel should
be monitored.
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The Ministry of Justice should organize disability rights training for prosecutors and judges,
and the decisions of prosecutors who are trained should be monitored.
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The Ombudsman Institution should determine a disabled ombudsman only to work on disability
rights.
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Disability and gender perspective should be one of the main criteria in the planning and
presentation of judicial services
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Positive criteria should be defined for the disadvantaged groups in the legal aid mechanisms.
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Alternative methods should be considered for inmates who cannot control their self-care
abilities and methods should be developed to process discharging applications fast.
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