Georgiana Pascu has dedicated her career to promoting access to accountability and recognition of human rights for institutionalized children and adults with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities. Through monitoring visits, research, training, and legal and media advocacy, she works alongside legal and psychosocial professionals to support the de-institutionalization and rights of persons with disabilities. Over the last 25 years, Ms. Pascu secured rights and safe treatment for thousands of children and adults with disabilities in Romania. She was instrumental in the adoption of the first law for monitoring visits to care institutions in the region. Ms. Pascu was also a member of the team that documented an emblematic Romanian disability rights case at the European Court of Human Rights concerning the mistreatment and ultimate death of Valentin Campeanu, an orphan with severe mental disabilities, while in a state care facility.
Georgiana Pascu
