mental healthHuman Rights Act 1998This article explores the potential use the Human Rights Act 1998 in the field of mental health. It is the text of the Paul Sieghart Memorial Lecture, presenteddoi:10.19164/ijmhcl.v1i12.162Brenda HaleSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
To tackle this issue, Ghana adopted the WHO QualityRights Initiative in 2019. This aims to introduce a right-based, person-centred recovery approach within the mental health care system, protecting and promoting the rights of people with mental health conditions, psychosocial, cognitive, and ...
They include recognition of human rights and holistic approaches to mental wellness, compliance with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, promoting self-determination and equitable treatment, as well as improving care oversight and access, and ensuring the participation of those who ...
The recent implementation of the Rights Act 1998 has important implications for UK psychiatric practice but previous studies have demonstrated that psychiatrists generally have poor knowledge of mental health law. The aims of this study were to assess psychiatrists' knowledge of the Rights Act and to...
In the UK, children and young people are afforded protection by two important pieces of legislation: the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Human Rights Act 1998. There have been plentiful and varied challenges involving children and young people, in particular under Article 8 of...
THE COURT of Appeal made a declaration that sections 2 and 29(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983 were incompatible with article 5(4) of the European Convention on Human Rights. MH, the claimant, was aged 32 and suffered from Down's syndrome. She lived at home with her mother, her nea...
people are suffering from the harm caused by this extremely inhumane act. Economic embargo is a massive, flagrant and unacceptable violation of the human rights of the Cuban people and "like the virus, the blockade asphyxiates and kills, it must stop," he added....
Human rights undertakings by governments seldom translate seamlessly into human rights compliance. In the worst-case scenario, governments may have little or no intention of upholding human rights standards to which they have publicly committed and can u
(2004). The impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on mental health care. ... S Thomas,S Thomas - 《Psychiatry Interpersonal & Biological Processes》 被引量: 4发表: 2004年 Human Rights in the UK: An Introduction to the Human Rights Act 1998 Human rights is an increasingly important area ...
Define Violation of Human Rights. means any action or inaction which deprives a Participant of any of his or her legal rights, as articulated in law or in these regulations.