The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Mental Health Law

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Mental Health Law

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) took effect in 2008. This paper discusses a number of flashpoints where the CRPD will require real and significant reconsideration of English mental health and mental capacity law. The CRPD introduces a new paradigm int...

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Main Author:	Bartlett, Peter
Format:	Article
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability CRPD Mental Health Law Mental Capacity Law Disabilities Law Mental Health Act 1983 Mental Capacity Act 2005
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1610/

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