Querying the Call to Introduce Mental Capacity Testing to Mental Health Law: Does the Doctrine of Necessity Provide an Alternative?

Querying the Call to Introduce Mental Capacity Testing to Mental Health Law: Does the Doctrine of Necessity Provide an Alternative?

Trends in international human rights law have challenged States globally to rethink involuntary mental health interventions from a non-discrimination perspective. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in particular prohibits laws that discriminate on the bas...

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Main Authors:	Piers Gooding, Eilionóir Flynn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:	Laws
Subjects:	mental health law legal capacity mental capacity the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities equality and non-discrimination international human rights law involuntary treatment doctrine of necessity
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/4/2/245

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