Dysfunctional system: ANPD did not assess the impact of Law 140/2022

In the context of the intensely publicised scandal concerning the more than 400 persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities kept in a non-accredited centre, and of the authorities who now appear indignant and stupefied by what has been going on there for roughly 20 years, I would like to present, from a different perspective, a recent and topical situation that reflects how the National Authority for the Protection of Persons with Disabilities (ANPD), part of the Ministry of Labour, actually cares for vulnerable people.

Under article 24 of Law no. 140/2022 on protective measures for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (ANPD) and the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) were required by law to draw up, at the end of a three-year term from the entry into force of Law 140/2022, a report assessing its impact and, where appropriate, proposals for improving the legislation in this area.

Having already received the report of the Superior Council of Magistracy following a request for access to public interest information, I proceeded in the same manner with the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (pdf 1)

On 11 June 2026 I submitted to ANPD a request for the report assessing the impact of Law 140/2022 on protective measures for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, and yesterday (01.07.2026) I received the reply contained in the attached letter (pdf 2).

In an evasive manner, avoiding a direct answer to the question, they let me understand that ANPD has not prepared any report assessing the impact of the new legislation applicable to persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities.

Correlating the reply received from ANPD — which proves the failure to comply with the legal obligation this authority had regarding the monitoring of the legislation applicable to persons with intellectual and psycho-social disabilities and the formulation of proposals for improving it — with the scandal intensely publicised these days, I take the liberty to conclude that precisely these situations of passivity and non-fulfilment of duties by the central authorities coordinating the national social assistance system for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities create the need for private individuals to step in and help vulnerable people.

Note — Article 24 of Law 140/2022: In order to monitor the implementation of this law, the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Superior Council of Magistracy shall draw up, at the end of a three-year term from its entry into force, reports assessing its impact and, where appropriate, proposals for improving the legislation in this area.