Open meeting of the MHE Committee on Human Rights and Mental Health (Vienna, 1st June 2007)

Open meeting of the MHE Committee on Human Rights and Mental Health (1st June 2007, Vienna)

• Report on the meeting
• Introduction by Peter Kinderman , Chair of the MHE Committee on Human Rights and Mental Health and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool (UK).
• Presentation of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) by Michelle Valentine, Practice Development Officer at the DRC, «DRC – Working for Social Inclusion for People with Mental Health Problems».
• Presentation of the work and activities of the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre (MDAC) by Oliver Lewis, MDAC Executive Director.
• Presentation of the study «Implementing a human rights approach within public services: An outline psychological perspective» by Peter Kinderman.
• Full text of the study «Implementing a human rights approach within public services: An outline psychological perspective» .
• Presentation of the involvement of disability NGOs in the drafting process of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities by Carlotta Besozzi, Director of the European Disability Forum (EDF), «Protecting the rights and improving the lives of people with disabilities».
• Presentation of the work of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Human Rights by Pĕtr Nawska, Chairman of INTEGRA – Slovak Association for Mental Health – and member of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Human Rights, «Developing a Council of Europe legal and ethical tool for mental health» .