Work of the mandate and priorities of the SR 2015, para. 80
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- The end of twentieth century brought two main messages to the international community. The first message was about the centrality of mental health in the modern health policies, based on the high burden of mental-health problems and mental disorders. The second message was that, contrary to the previous understanding, effective measures are possible if outdated traditions are abandoned and the modern public health approach is applied. In the twenty-first century there is no place for psychiatric institutions based on stigma and segregation, and there is a need, in words of G.H. Brundtland "to ensure that ours will be the last generation that allows shame and stigma to rule over science and reason".
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/33, para. 80.
- Paragraph number
- 80
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