Frontiers

Ethics, human rights, and the future of mental health care: advancing person-centered, recovery-oriented and rights-based approaches in contemporary psychiatry

The ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the growing criticism towards paternalistic and coercive models of ...
Jurist

HRW urges rights-based approach for newly appointed Sahel envoy

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged a rights-based approach in a letter on Friday to the newly appointed African Union (AU) Special Envoy for the Sahel, Burundi President H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye. HRW ...
Health Affairs

Re-Centering Rights, Recovery, And Evidence In US Mental Health Policy

We propose a rights-based, recovery-oriented approach for mental health reform—one that both protects civil liberties and invests in the structural supports necessary for recovery. On September 10, ...
HelpAge International

Human rights training toolkit – Module three

(opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) Copy The human rights training toolkit is designed to help you empower your advocacy. Module three is ...
Human Rights Watch

“Self-Determination is the Pathway to Liberation”

Spurred by increasing public recognition of the dangers posed by police responses to mental health and substance use crises—particularly for people of color and individuals with ...