HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGISLATION WHO RESOURCE BOOK ON MENTAL HEALTH, Stop exclusion, dare to care World Health Organization [...]... consultation 3.4 Process and procedure for consultation 3.5 Language of legislation Adoption of legislation 4.1 Legislative process 4.1.1 Responsibility for adopting legislation 4.1.2 Debate of draft legislation and its adoption 89 89 91 91 92 93 93 95 95 96 96 97 97 99 102 103 103 103 104 xiii 4.1.3 Sanction, promulgation and publication of new legislation Key actions during adoption of legislation. .. protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights American Convention on Human Rights (1978) – This Convention also encompasses a range of civil, political, economic social and cultural rights, and establishes a binding means of protection and monitoring by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights The Commission's recent examination of... Introduction The interface between mental health law and mental health policy Protecting, promoting and improving rights through mental health legislation 3.1 Discrimination and mental health 3.2 Violations of human rights 3.3 Autonomy and liberty 3.4 Rights for mentally ill offenders 3.5 Promoting access to mental health care and community integration Separate versus integrated legislation on mental. .. the WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation The overall financial support of the Governments of Italy, the Netherlands and New Zealand, and the Corporate Social Responsibility Europe, Johnson and Johnson, is also gratefully acknowledged Layout and Graphic design: 2s ) Graphicdesign x Table of contents Preface Chapter 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 Context of mental health legislation. .. Court on Human and People’s Rights – The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) – now the African Union – established an African Court on Human and People’s Rights to consider allegations of violations of human rights, including civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights guaranteed under the African Charter and other relevant human rights. .. to mental health care 2.2 Mapping of mental- health-related legislation 2.3 Studying international conventions and standards 2.4 Reviewing mental health legislation in other countries 2.5 Building a consensus and negotiating for change 2.6 Educating the public on issues concerning mental health and human rights Drafting mental health legislation 3.1 The drafting process 3.2 The need for consultation... Regulations, service orders, ministerial decrees Key international and regional human rights instruments related to the rights of people with mental disorders 6.1 International and regional human rights instruments 6.1.1 International Bill of Rights 6.1.2 Other international conventions related to mental health Major human rights standards applicable to mental health 7.1 UN Principles for the Protection... and/ or undemocratic legislation does not persist 6 Key international and regional human rights instruments related to the rights of people with mental disorders The requirements of international human rights law, including both UN and regional human rights instruments, should form the framework for drafting national legislation that concerns people with mental disorders or regulates mental health and. .. Human Rights Commission issued a Recommendation on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities (2001), recommending that countries ratify this Convention The Recommendation also urges States to promote and implement, through legislation and national mental health plans, the organization of community mental health services, in order to achieve the full integration... influence legislation in countries, since they represent a consensus of international opinion 6.1 International and regional human rights instruments There is a widespread misconception that because the human rights instruments relating specifically to mental health and disability are non-binding resolutions, rather than obligatory conventions, mental health legislation is therefore subject only to the domestic . China WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation. 1. Mental health 2. Human rights - legislation. and Secretarial Support Adeline Loo (WHO/ HQ), Anne Yamada (WHO/ HQ) and Razia Yaseen (WHO/ HQ) The WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation