Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 38
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In institutional settings, women with disabilities are subjected to numerous forms of violence, including the forced intake of psychotropic drugs or other forced psychiatric treatment. Furthermore, forced institutionalization itself constitutes a form of violence. People with mental health conditions and intellectual disabilities are sometimes subject to arbitrary detention in long-stay institutions with no right of appeal, thereby robbing them of their legal capacity.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences