295. Consequently, the Court considers that within the framework of the implementation of Argentine laws that regulate access to health and social security benefits, the State must adopt the necessary measures to ensure that as soon as a person is diagnosed with serious problems or aftereffects related to disability, that person or his family is provided with a charter of rights that summarizes, in a concise, clear and accessible manner, the benefits contemplated in the aforementioned rules, the standards for the protection of persons with mental disabilities established in this Judgment and other related public policies, as well as the institutions that can provide assistance in demanding the fulfillment of their rights. The State shall report annually on the implementation of this measure for a period of three years, once implementation of said mechanism begins. B.3.2) Legal reforms to civil proceedings and the execution of judgments in cases involving minors and persons with disabilities Arguments of the parties 296. The representatives requested, as measures of non-repetition, reforms to the code of civil procedure and the legal regimen for the execution of judgments. Regarding the civil procedure, they called for a “reformulation of the civil procedure models, for the most part formal and written, which have an impact on the duration of the proceedings, on the dispersion of actions and on the absence of direct personal contact between the judge and the parties.” They considered that a reform should contemplate, at least: “(a) the structure of litigation by hearings; (b) the preponderance of the principles of immediacy and convergence (c) increasing the duties of the judge as custodian of rights and guarantees, together with systems to monitor fulfillment of this role; (d) strengthening compensation provisions, and (e) an interdisciplinary approach to cases of individuals in vulnerable situations.” They mentioned the following changes as necessary reforms for “all cases, but especially for minors and/or persons with any type of disability”: (i) “proceedings by means of a hearing when its purpose concerns the interests of a child, adolescent or person with disabilities”; (ii) that “judges must obligatorily attend the hearings”; that “in trials [involving] children, adolescents or persons with disabilities […], when necessary, the judge must take steps to prevent harm and to provide protection”; (iii) that “the proceedings must be brief [in cases of] protection, rehabilitation and compensation of children, adolescents or persons with disabilities”; that “minors and persons with disabilities must be heard personally by the judge in a hearing”; that “the right to request precautionary measures of protection for minors and persons with disabilities must be established,” (iv) and that “a prompt procedure for execution of the judgment should be established, paying special attention to cases [relating to] any social right such as the right to health care and/or to social security.” The representatives also requested an amendment to the special federal appeal remedy established in Article 280 of the Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure of the Nation, to “establish a legal time frame within which the Supreme Court must issue a ruling when an appeal has been filed.” 297. As to the regulatory system for the execution of judgments, the representatives requested “[t]he reform of the legislation that imposes measures of deferred payment in the case of execution of judgments against the State, so that all the cases in which the plaintiff suffers from disabilities or health problems that require medical treatment or special care opportunities for consultation, activities which affect members of the public, their budget, and subsidies, benefits and contracts— on a routine and proactive basis, even in the absence of a specific request, and ensure that the information is accessible and understandable.” Inter-American Juridical Committee, “Principles on the right of access to information”, 73° Regular Session, August 7, 2008, OAS/Ser. Q CJI/RES.147 (LXXIII-O/08), operative paragraph 4. 93

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