Annual Report 2014 of the National Preventive Mechanism
Partial view of the exterior of Ibaiondo at Zumarraga (Bizkaia)
III. 3.4 Centres for minors with conduct disorders and in a situation of social
difficulty
286. It is considered necessary to remind that, due to their vulnerability, minors
deprived of liberty require special attention and protection, and should have their
rights and wellbeing safeguarded for the period during which they are deprived of
liberty and after that period.
287. It would be desirable to intensify the actions addressed to establish
intermediate resources and devices and those for rehabilitation from situations
of social difficulty from the educational, healthcare and social contexts rendering it
unnecessary to institutionalise minors.
288. It is to be pointed out that access of all minors to public resources for the
diagnosis and treatment of situations of social difficulty arising from conduct
disorders should be encouraged, without any discrimination, in accordance with
their being minors in custody or not in custody of the Public Authority.
289. Centres for minors with conduct disorders are a matter of particular concern
for the NPM, since it is at these centres that situations limiting their rights may
occur, notwithstanding the fact that such limitations may also be observed in centres of
other kinds.
290. It is desirable for the autonomous communities to establish a specific
administrative procedure for referral of minors with conduct disorders to the
protection resource most adequate for their needs.
Such procedure should specify the reasons giving rise to the need for assistance to the
juvenile at a specific centre. The hearing and eventual allegations made by the parents
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