PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS IN CURACAO JUSTICE SYSTEM

CURACAO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAYS AGAINST PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS?

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Mr. Dutley Schoobaar

Willemstad, Curacao. Curacao court postponed the trial of Dutley Schoobaar's case once more.

CONDEMNATION;

Dutley Schoobaar, a 38 year old male, was condemned in Curacao's Court Of First Instance (COFI) aka the Common Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, under the system called "Involuntary Commitment" (IC) aka "To be held at disposal", in Dutch termed; "Terbeschikkingstelling" aka TBS, for (2) two years after he appealed the sentence.  

Terbeschikkingstelling aka IC; is a provision in the Dutch criminal code that allows for a period of treatment following a prison sentence for mentally disordered offenders. 

Dutley Schoobaar's condemnation was because; he has psychiatric problems.

Mr. Schoobaar's case was to be heard on May 14th, but was postponed because his attorney; Mr. Uldrick Dickens; informed the court that;  (2) two days prior, he recieved a report from "Reclassering" wherein they indicated that their facility was not the best place for his client; Mr. Dutley Schoobaar.

Reclassering is the dutch terminology for The Probation Service, which is an institution that assists persons who have come into contact with the police or the judicial authorities as a result of (suspected) commission of a criminal offense.

However, Reclassering doesn't see the ambulant "Involuntary Commitment" (IC) system as a viable or feasible option for Mr. Dutley Schoobaar at their facility.

Therefore; Mr. Dickens sought for a postponement in order to allow him time to seek for an adequate accommodation for his client. 

PSYCHIATRIC REPORT 
In a previous psychiatric report, it indicated that Mr. Dutley Schoobaar could receive an ambulant IC system, where he could go and receive his weekly injection shots under policy guidelines because, Curacao's mental health facilities; Capriles Clinic and Reclassering, refused to admit nor threat Mr. Dutley Schoobaar, due to his alleged attitude.

ACCUSATION

Dutley Schoobaar was being trialed for assaulting Mr. Pizas with a iron pipe on September 20th 2019. 

JUDGEMENT

The Judge in The COFI; verdict, was that: There was no guarantee that if Dutley Schoobaar was allowed to return in the general populous, that he would not attack another person, because; Mr. Schoobaar suffers from schizophrenic bouts and therefore can become very aggressive; if he doesn't take his medication. 

MEDICATION  
Mr. Dickens made a requested to the judge; for Mr. Schoobaar to receive an ambulant treatment; for example at "Clinical Poli"; to recieve his weekly injection shots since Capriles Clinic refuses to admit or treat him there anymore.  

Mr. Dickens was awarded the judgement of ambulant treatment provided that his client has an appropriate accomodations.

Mr. Uldrick Dickens

BE HAPPY 
Judge; van Gink, the chief judge of the Curacao's Court tribunal in this case, told Dutley Schoobaar, that he needs to be happy with his lawyer; Mr. Dickens, who is doing his best to help him, because, if it wasn't so, the case would have been over with a long time ago!

The Schoobaar's case was postponed for August 27th at 10:00 AM.

Judge Ms A.J.M. van Gink

REFLECTIONS OF THE SCHOOBAAR CASE
The Curacao government must start taking human rights more seriously on the island and the legislative body; Curacao's Parliament, must create laws that take into care and consideration this sector of the population that have psychiatric problems and challenges, to either be a functioning part of society and or recieve the proper medical and psychtric healthcare attention and services that they require and deserves as human beings in accordance to the United Nations articles on Human rights.

Curacao needs to be an active supporter of The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in addition to creating and passing our own laws on mental health that is more comprehensive and inclusively pertinent to our era and reactionary to the standards of society. 

Josefina Josepha

According to The United Nations (UN) principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental healthcare in General Assembly Resolution 46/119 of December 17th 1991 outlined the promotion and defends of the rights, dignity and autonomy of persons with mental illness or at risk of such illness and to improve the mental healthcare; and the World Health Organization (WHO) Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation presenting a detailed statement of human rights issues which need to addressed thru national legislation to mental health; human rights violations and weak legislations to fight systemic discrimination and societal stigma against the mentally ill.

It is my believe that Curacao needs a national centre for the mentally ill and psychiatric, for those that can be a danger to themselves and even worst; a danger to others.  

This is possible; this is attainable and achievable before 2022. As was laid out in pre-2017 Eu-Healthcare Agenda Policies, such a centre would serve the needs of addressing mental and psychiatric health and Healthcare for Curacao has the chance to make a difference and be a change creator, but this takes strong political fortitude, will and an even stronger political culture, to manage properly and do what is right and just with greater frequency and at a deeper quality, so that we reduce the occurance as what happened to the victims of Dutley in Curacao and especially the multiple victims of Gabriel in Aruba.

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