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Convention Compliance, Public Safety, and the Social Inclusion of Mentally Disordered People
Author(s) -
Fennell Phil
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of law and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.263
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1467-6478
pISSN - 0263-323X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2005.316_1.x
Subject(s) - seclusion , compliance (psychology) , convention , convention on the rights of persons with disabilities , scope (computer science) , government (linguistics) , inclusion (mineral) , mentally ill , law , political science , psychology , mental illness , psychiatry , mental health , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , programming language
The first part of this paper considers the impact of the HRA 1998 in the courts, and the application of Articles 3, 5, and 8 in relation to psychiatric detention, treatment without consent, and seclusion. The second part looks at its effect on the discourse of law reform. Here a key theme is the way Convention compliance has been used by the government to justify measures that will lead to a broadening of the scope of compulsory powers and a reduction in psychiatric service users’ rights.