Mental health law and the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities |
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| Authors: | George Szmukler Rowena Daw Felicity Callard |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Psychiatry, King''s College London De Crespigny Park, London, UK;2. Legal Consultant; formerly Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK;3. Durham University, Durham, UK |
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| Abstract: | People with a mental illness may be subject to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), depending on definitions of terms such as ‘impairment’, ‘long-term’ and the capaciousness of the word ‘includes’ in the Convention's characterisation of persons with disabilities. Particularly challenging under the CRPD is the scope, if any, for involuntary treatment. |
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| Keywords: | Rights Disabilities Mental illness Involuntary treatment CRPD |
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