United Nations
- Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Torture Thematic Report on survivor experiences and perspectives, September 22, 2025
- Mental health and human rights; Report
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, January 14,
2025.
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Guidelines on
deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies, by the United Nations
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, October 10, 2022.
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Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation: Guidance and Practice,
World Health Organization and United Nations, October, 2023.
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Mental Health and Human Rights, from the United Nations Human Rights
Office of the High Commissioner.
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The Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
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Prohibition of
Involuntary Hospitalization and Involuntary Treatment: Countering
Misapprehensions-- A briefing paper addressed to the Committee on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities and other stakeholders, by Tina Minkowitz,
July 13, 2020.
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Report of the
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health, April 15, 2020.
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Report of
the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, April 12,
2019.
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment Report of the Special Rapporteur,
March 20, 2020.
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Open Letter to the World
Psychiatric Association, March, 2019.
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International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2018 Review Submission by Center for
Human Rights of Survivors and Users of Psychiatry (CHRUSP) and the Law
Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights)
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Mental health and human
rights, Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
July 24,2018.
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Report
of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, March 28,
2017.
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“Dignity must prevail” – An appeal to do away with non-consensual
psychiatric treatment, issued by the United Nations Special
Rapporteurs on the rights of persons with disabilities and on the right to
health, October 8, 2015.
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Statement by Mr. Juan
E Méndez, Special Rapporteur On Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or
Degrading Treatment Or Punishment, 22nd session of the Human Rights
Council of the United Nations, March 4, 2013, Geneva.
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Report on forced psychiatry and
psychiatric abuse against African Americans as intersectional discrimination
based on race and disability, to the
Committee on the
ELimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), July 14, 2014
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Suggested Questions and Recommendations
for Universal Periodic Review of the United States, from the Center for
the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (CHRUSP), April 23,
2015.
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Voiceless Victims: Wards of
the Court, by Medical Whistleblower Advocacy Network, by Dr. Janet
Parker, DVM, March 16, 2015.
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Joint Submission1 to the
Human Rights Committee on upcoming General Comment on Right to Liberty and
Security, by European Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
(ENUSP), International Disability Alliance, Mental Disability Advocacy
Center (MDAC), and World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
(WNUSP).
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Dignity and Justice for Detainees Week, October 6-12, 2008.
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United Nations Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), unanimously adopted by the
General Assembly on December 13, 2006
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A course for activists and
allies--Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a
Survivor of Psychiatry Perspective
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General Comment No. 1 (2014).
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Optional
Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Implementation Manual for the Convention of the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, by the World Network of Users and
Survivors of Psychiatry, February, 2008.
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, from the Perspective of Users and Survivors of
Psychiatry, by Myra Kovary, the Center for the Human Rights of Users and
Survivors of Psychiatry (CHRUSP).
- The United
Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, by Myra
Kovary, UN Representative of MindFreedom International, November 2007
- The United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities and
the Right to be Free from Nonconsensual Psychiatric Interventions, by
Tina Minkowitz, Syracuse Journal of International Law & Commerce,
Vol. 34:405 (2007).
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Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Its Implementation and Relevance
for the World Bank, June 2007.
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Principles for Implementation of CRPD
Article 12
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International Disability Alliance
Position Paper on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(CRPD) and Other Instruments
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Interim report of the
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment, to United Nations General Assembly, July 28,
2008.
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Human Rights and psychiatry (Part
2 of 2): Who speaks for the chained and incarcerated? ABC's All In
the Mind, December 15, 2007. 14 Megabytes.
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Declaration of
Dresden Against Coerced Psychiatric Treatment, June
7, 2007.
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Draft
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Draft Optional
Protocol (August 2006)
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Submission to the
Committee Against Torture For its consideration of the report of the United
States of America, April 10, 2006, Prepared by Tina Minkowitz on behalf
of the New York Organization For Human Rights and Against Psychiatric
Assault and Mind Freedom International
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Alternative Report On Force Drugging, Forced Electroshock
And Mental Health Screening Of Children: Violation Of Article 7,
Submission of the Disability Working Group To the Human Rights Committee,
Prepared by Tina Minkowitz and Al Galves, with the assistance of Celia
Brown, Myra Kovary and Eve Remba on behalf of:
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New York Organization For Human Rights and Against
Psychiatric Assault
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Mind Freedom International
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Law Project for Psychiatric Rights
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WILD for Human Rights
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Comments of the U.S. NGO
Disability Working Group Related to Consideration of the Second and Third
Periodic Report of the United States to the Committee on Civil and Political
Rights, (En Espańol) Presented by: Tina Minkowitz New York Organization For Human
Rights and Against Psychiatric Assault 17 March 2006, Submitted on behalf of:
- Law Project for Psychiatric Rights
- Mind Freedom International
- National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
- National Council on Independent Living
- New York Organization For Human Rights and Against
Psychiatric Assault
- Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
- Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, Report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Mr. P. Kooijmans, appointed pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1985/33, February 19, 1986. See paragraph 119.
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