Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness

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UN General Assembly Resolution 46/119
Date	17 December 1991
Code	A/RES/46/119 (Document)
Subject	Protection of persons with mental illness and improvement of mental health care
Result	Adopted

The Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care (MI Principles) were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1991. They provide agreed but non-legally-binding basic standards that mental health systems should meet and rights that people diagnosed with mental disorder should have. Although the document underwent extensive drafting for 20 years and remains the international human rights agreement most specifically concerned with mental health, it has been criticised^{[by whom?]} for not offering stronger protections in some areas. It should now be read in the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.^[1]

There are 25 principles:

Fundamental freedoms and basic rights
Protection of minors
Life in the community
Determination of mental illness
Medical examination
Confidentiality
Role of community and culture
Standards of care
Treatment
Medication
Consent to treatment
Notice of rights
Rights and conditions in mental health facilities
Resources for mental health facilities
Admission principles
Involuntary admission
Review body
Procedural safeguards
Access to information
Criminal offenders
Complaints
Monitoring and remedies
Implementation
Scope of principles relating to mental health facilities
Saving of existing rights

References

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^ "Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness ("The MI Principles") | Movement for Global Mental Health". www.globalmentalhealth.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29.

External links

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Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care (Also on WHO website). United Nations, 1991.

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