Mental Health and Human Rights

Human rights organizations

World Federation for Mental Health, Human Rights Commission: http://www.wfmh.org

Mental Disability Rights International: http://www.mdri.org

Amnesty International: http://amnesty.org

Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org

 databases

Health and Human Rights Info: http://www.hhri.org 

DIANA Human Rights Database: http://diana.law.yale.edu

 

documents

United Nations convention on "Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illnesses and the Improvement of Mental Health Care": http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/68.htm

United Nations "Declaration on Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/m_mental.htm

United Nations "Declaration on Rights of Disabled Persons": http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/72.htm

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