International Human Rights Law and Mental Disability. Lawrence O. Gostin.
by Gostin, Lawrence O; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 31Health. Publisher: Hastings Center Report, 2004ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Civil rights | Human rights -- International aspects | Human rights -- Law and legislation | International law | Mental health | Mental health laws | People with mental disabilitiesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Human rights are not a panacea for persons with mental disabilities....Nevertheless, focusing attention on the rights of this group is vitally important. Governments have treated persons with mental disabilities horribly throughout history and into the present, and perhaps the movement for human rights will succeed in lifting persons with mental disabilities from their historically inferior status." (HASTINGS CENTER REPORT) This article discusses the lack of attention government has given to the rights and needs of the mentally disabled and presents initiatives, such as a new project at the World Health Organization, which advocate for the rights of the mentally disabled at an international level.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: International Human Rights Law and Mental Disability, March/April 2004; pp. 11-12.
"Human rights are not a panacea for persons with mental disabilities....Nevertheless, focusing attention on the rights of this group is vitally important. Governments have treated persons with mental disabilities horribly throughout history and into the present, and perhaps the movement for human rights will succeed in lifting persons with mental disabilities from their historically inferior status." (HASTINGS CENTER REPORT) This article discusses the lack of attention government has given to the rights and needs of the mentally disabled and presents initiatives, such as a new project at the World Health Organization, which advocate for the rights of the mentally disabled at an international level.
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