Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe hearing with experts held last week looked into the discriminatory ideology at the root of why the European Convention on Human Rights...
Council of Europe
The Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) review on the deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities acknowledged in a written comment the Council’s decision-making body, the...
ECHR
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...
Europe
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...
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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.
Health
The decision of an International Mock Trial on Human Rights on Ernst Rüdin was rendered by judges of the highest standing and experience. The trial however was not a real...
News
The United Nations Headquarters in New York hosted the International Mock Trial on Human Rights as part of the 2023 Holocaust Remembrance under the UN Outreach Programme on the Holocaust....
Health
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child completed its review on the implementation of human rights for children in Germany. The Committee issued updated Recommendations to be...
Council of Europe
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...
Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the end of April approved a Recommendation and a Resolution on the deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities. These are providing important...
