Control over the Restriction of Basic Rights and Freedoms in the Field of Social Welfare

Abstract

During recent years, instances of violations of basic civil rights and freedoms in social welfare facilities, as discovered by various monitoring institutions, have reached the public eye. Already in an annual report of his activities in 2007, the Chancellor of Justice drew attention to the matter: “the supervisory organs often fail to guarantee the kind of treatment of subjects in need of social care that would respect the human dignity of said subjects. Among various forms of malpractice, there have been cases of illegal restriction of freedom of movement.”