Fundamental rights concerned in inquiry case-files by type of place of deprivation of liberty Fundamental rights Penal institution Administrative detention Healthcare institution Access to healthcare and prevention 78 5 3 Physical integrity 69 1 Dignity 58 5 Maintenance of family bonds, relations with the outside world 52 2 Protection from mental injury 23 2 Access to work, activity, etc. 22 Rehabilitation / preparation for release 22 Legal information and advice 15 Freedom of movement 9 Property rights 17 Equal treatment 16 Right of defence 8 Custody facilities Total 2017 % 2017 % 2016 86 19.03% 15.89% 73 16.15% 13.24% 1 64 14.16% 14.05% 2 56 12.39% 15.47% 25 5.53% 1 23 5.09% 7.13% 1 23 5.09% 5.30% 3 3 21 4.65% 1 8 18 3.98% 3.87% 17 3.76% 5.09% 16 3.54% 2.24% 10 2.21% 2.24% 3 2 3.87% 6.52% Confidentiality 6 6 1.33% 1.43% Freedom of conscience 4 4 0.89% 0.61% Right to individual expression 3 3 0.66% 0.41% Voting rights 2 3 0.66% 0.20% 1 0.22% 0.41% Unjustified detention 1 1 Welfare rights 1 1 0.22% 0.81% Privacy 1 1 0.22% 0.20% Other 1 1 0.22% 1.02% Total 407 452 100% 100% 22 20 3 The case-files newly opened in 2017 primarily concerned access to healthcare, as far as penal institutions are concerned; for administrative detention, they concerned dignity and access to healthcare; for health institutions, they concerned freedom of movement; and for custody facilities, they concerned physical integrity. The six main fundamental rights on which the newly opened inquiries focused this year are the same as in 2016: access to health care, physical integrity, dignity, maintaining family ties, access to activities and work and, more than in 2016, moral integrity. 4.2.3 Verification findings at the closing of the case-file For the third year in a row, the CGLPL is able to give indications on the findings of the verifications carried out with the authorities with which cases are taken up. In order to report these findings, a distinction has been drawn between any violations of fundamental rights, the results obtained for the person concerned and action taken as regards the authorities. The data below shows that a violation has been proven (even partially) in 51.55% of case-files (versus 57.07% over the first eleven months of 2016). 128

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