Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals

Since Winterwerp v the Netherlands in 1979, the European Court of Human Rights and, later, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, have been developing law and policy on human rights and mental disability (taken in this chapter to include psychosocial disability/mental health problems,...

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Main Author: Bartlett, Peter
Other Authors: Davidson, Laura
Format: Book Section
Published: Routledge 2017
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description Since Winterwerp v the Netherlands in 1979, the European Court of Human Rights and, later, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, have been developing law and policy on human rights and mental disability (taken in this chapter to include psychosocial disability/mental health problems, and mental disabilities related to old age). This paper charts the shape of those developments, relating to psychiatric detention, psychiatric treatment, and systems of guardianship. The new paradigm of human rights, manifest in both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is explored, and the potential and limitations of the ECHR in advancing that new agenda considered.
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spelling nottingham-453472020-05-04T19:02:41Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45347/ Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals Bartlett, Peter Since Winterwerp v the Netherlands in 1979, the European Court of Human Rights and, later, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, have been developing law and policy on human rights and mental disability (taken in this chapter to include psychosocial disability/mental health problems, and mental disabilities related to old age). This paper charts the shape of those developments, relating to psychiatric detention, psychiatric treatment, and systems of guardianship. The new paradigm of human rights, manifest in both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is explored, and the potential and limitations of the ECHR in advancing that new agenda considered. Routledge Davidson, Laura 2017-08-30 Book Section PeerReviewed Bartlett, Peter (2017) Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals. In: International development, mental health and well-being: the Sustainable Development Goals. Routledge, London. (In Press) Sustainable Development Goals European Convention on Human Rights ECHR United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CRPD Mental health Mental disability Psychosocial disability Sustainable Development Goals 2015
spellingShingle Sustainable Development Goals
European Convention on Human Rights
ECHR
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
CRPD
Mental health
Mental disability
Psychosocial disability
Sustainable Development Goals 2015
Bartlett, Peter
Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals
title Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals
title_full Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals
title_fullStr Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals
title_full_unstemmed Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals
title_short Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals
title_sort mental disability, the european convention on human rights and fundamental rights and freedoms, and the sustainable development goals
topic Sustainable Development Goals
European Convention on Human Rights
ECHR
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
CRPD
Mental health
Mental disability
Psychosocial disability
Sustainable Development Goals 2015
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