NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED
OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE
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3. NATIONAL LEGAL AND
POLICY FRAMEWORK
CONCERNING DEFENDANTS
AND PERSONS DEPRIVED
OF LIBERTY WITH
INTELLECTUAL AND/
OR PSYCHOSOCIAL
DISABILITIES IN LAW AND
PRACTICE
3.1. NATIONAL DEFINITIONS AND
STATISTICS
Currently, there are not many definitions related to
disability in the Lithuanian legal framework. The only
available formal legal definition of disability in Lithuania is
provided in the Law on the Social Integration of Persons
with Disabilities:
Disability is a long-term worsening reduction of the
state of health, diminution of participation in public life
and possibilities for activity, resulting from a disorder
of the person’s bodily functions and detrimental
environmental factors.29
Law on the Social Integration of Persons with Disabilities, 2004, No. 832983, available in Lithuanian at: https://bit.ly/45UnhbI.
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