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Mental health and human rights – international developments

An extremely helpful systematic review has been published by the University of Melbourne of global practices that aim to reduce, prevent and end coercive practices in mental health settings. It was commissioned by the United Nations to inform a report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In similar vein, a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on mental health on human rights has recently also been published (on 24 July 2018, but only made available more recently), reporting on a consultation on human rights and mental health held in Geneva on 14 and 15 May 2018. It contains a summary of the discussions, as well as conclusions and recommendations from the consultation.