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Disability Pensions, Property Rights And Legitimate Expectations: Béláné Nagy V. Hungary, Mel Cousins Dec 2014

Disability Pensions, Property Rights And Legitimate Expectations: Béláné Nagy V. Hungary, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

This case note examines the recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Béláné Nagy v. Hungary as an interesting example of the approach which the Court is taking to the termination (or reduction) of rights to social security benefits under Article 1 Protocol 1 (P1-1) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In this case, although the applicant had lost her rights to a disability pension in 2010, the Court held that she had a continuing legitimate expectation to disability care. It further held that the fact that she did not qualify for a pension in …

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Home Sweet Home???: Fixing Group Homes For Human Beings Who Have Special Needs, Erik N. Weber Dec 2013

Home Sweet Home???: Fixing Group Homes For Human Beings Who Have Special Needs, Erik N. Weber

Erik N Weber

When I was five years old, doctors who evaluated me for my autism told my parents to put me in an institution for the rest of my life. The doctors saw no hope; they just saw me as something to be warehoused. My parents did put me in an institution, which was college. My lifelong pursuit to help others with special needs to be treated with dignity began when I went with a Christmas Carol choir to sing Carols at a state hospital (“institution”). I saw patients strapped to chairs; they were lethargic, drooling, and no staff were in the …

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