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Modernising the Mental Health Act report
The final report of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act is published today. The Independent Review of the...
The NICE guideline on decision-making and mental capacity: very good try but only two thirds of a banana | Resource
Author: Alex Ruck Keene To some extent, those responsible for pulling together the NICE guideline (NG 108) on...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities | Resource
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities United Nations Human Rights Council...
Mapping and Understanding Exclusion in Europe | Resource
Mapping Exclusion is one of Mental Health Europe’s main pieces of work and consists of mapping institutional and...
Concluding-Observations-CRPD-Committee-UK
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concluding observations on the initial report of the United...
Compulsory Mental Health Treatment: When Should Judges Get Involved?
Tribunals Judiciary - Link Speech by Judge Mark Hinchliffe, Deputy Chamber President First-tier Tribunal (Health...
A Mental Health Act Fit for Tomorrow
An Agenda for Reform Mental Health Alliance June 2017 "The Mental Health Act is not fit for purpose. We urgently call...
Article 12: Equal recognition before the law
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Eleventh session 31 March–11 April 2014 General comment No. 1...
United Nations: Human Rights Council Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 Mental health and...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of...
Guidelines on article 14 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Guidelines on article 14 of the Convention on the Rights of...
Article 19: Living independently and being included in the community
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Draft General Comment No. 5 (2017) Article 19: Living...