This article is based on research which examined the current and potential impact of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Australian and South Australian legislation and policy. A particular focus was on the 'right to health' for people with a ...
right to healthAustraliadisabilitiesArticle 25This article argues that the development of the right to health and mental health in international human rights law critically informs the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In particular, the continuity and complementarities between civil ...
The paper will provide country examples of human rights standards in mental healthcare, will exemplify some of the failures to use the MI Principles and comment on why this has occurred. The paper will also discuss the 'Principles to Respect': Initiative on Mental Health and Human Rights, a ...
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...
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In several countries, the growing emphasis on human rights and the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) have highlighted the need for changes in culture, attitudes and practices of mental health services. New a
In several countries, the growing emphasis on human rights and the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) have highlighted the need for changes in culture, attitudes and practices of mental health services. New a
Second, human rights address basic needs and frame individual entitlements, conceptualizing universal frame- works to advance justice in public health [7]. Sexual rights are inherently important to human dignity and at the same time, instrumentally important to public health. Finally, there are ...
This opposition to socioeconomic rights resulted in a narrow definition of the right to health and health determinants under the 1966 ICESCR. States recognised “the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health”, but only a limited set of ...
Mental health and human rights are both global concerns that have been shaped by two complementary discourses: the human rights of mental health patients, and mental health care as a human right. Both discourses have influenced the development of strategies to better understand and address—at a ...