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Torsten Hjelmar

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Eugenics influenced the formulation of the European Convention on Human Rights
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe hearing discussing security and liberty of the person. Photo credit: THIX Photo

ECHR

Eugenics influenced the formulation of the European Convention on Human Rights

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe this week dived in to deeply rooted discrimination and rights issues, discussing core values on which the Council had been founded in…

27 May 2023 · 5 min read

Psychiatrists discuss how to reduce the use of coercive measures
The European Congress of Psychiatry in Paris welcomed 4028 participants. Photo credit: THIX Photo

Europe

Psychiatrists discuss how to reduce the use of coercive measures

The need and feasibility of reducing coercion in mental health care is widely acknowledged. The discussion whether the goal is reducing or eliminating the use of coercive measures is a…

2 May 2023 · 5 min read

Former Eugenics leader Ernst Rüdin on trial in Romania
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Former Eugenics leader Ernst Rüdin on trial in Romania

The International Mock Trial on Human Rights of Ernst Rüdin was held in the plenary hall of the Romanian Parliament’s Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday 22nd March.

23 March 2023 · 5 min read

Council of Europe considering international human rights in mental health
Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. (Photo credit: THIX Photo)

Council of Europe

Council of Europe considering international human rights in mental health

Following strong and persistent criticism of a possible new legal instrument related to use of coercive measures in psychiatry, the decision-making body of the Council of Europe decided it needed…

7 June 2022 · 5 min read

Council of Europe Assembly adopts resolution on deinstitutionalisation
Debate of report on deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities in the Parliamentary Assembly. (Photo: THIX Photo)

Council of Europe

Council of Europe Assembly adopts resolution on deinstitutionalisation

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a Recommendation and a Resolution on the deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities. Both of these provide important guidelines in the process…

5 May 2022 · 12 min read

Commissioner: Human rights are being undermined
Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights speaking to PACE (Photo: THIX photo)

Council of Europe

Commissioner: Human rights are being undermined

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, presented her annual report 2021 to the Parliamentary Assembly during the Assembly’s Spring Session in the end of April. The…

2 May 2022 · 6 min read