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Constitutional court upholds compulsory psychiatric internement for mental defectives to protect health and public safety.

Case Number 0002751
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto revoked its previous decision regarding the constitutionality of compulsory psychiatric internment. The court found that the Constitution does not prohibit the closed admission of mentally defective individuals when necessary for their health or the protection of other citizens' rights. Consequently, the measure was deemed constitutional despite arguments from the Public Ministry regarding active legitimacy.

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ALCOÓLICO INCAPACIDADE POR ANOMALIA PSÍQUICA INTERNAMENTO DE INIMPUTÁVEL MEDIDA TUTELAR MEDIDA DE SEGURANÇA CONSTITUCIONALIDADE MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO LEGITIMIDADE ACTIVA

Keywords

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compulsory psychiatric internment mental defectives constitutional admissibility public safety protection health of the patient closed regime establishment active legitimacy public ministry

Cited Legislation

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L 2118 de 1963/04/03
BXX BXXIII N3 B
B. CONST82 ART27 N2
ART30 N2 N4
ART71
L 65/78 de 1978/10/13

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00018583

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP198402280002751

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[REFERENCIA DE PUBLICACAO] CJ 1984 TI PAG243

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/E097FECDF2AE43EB8025686B0066C812?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

A Constituição não pode ser interpretada no sentido de vedar o internamento compulsivo do deficiente mental ou equiparado em regime fechado em estabelecimento apropriado, quando esse internamento se mostre necessário, quer para a defesa da saúde do próprio deficiente, quer para protecção dos direitos dos outros cidadãos.