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Annex 2.<br />

Summary of the major provisi<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

internati<strong>on</strong>al instruments related to the<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g> of people with <strong>mental</strong> disorders<br />

Key <str<strong>on</strong>g>human</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g> related to <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong><br />

People with <strong>mental</strong> disorders are entitled to<br />

the enjoyment <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> protecti<strong>on</strong> of their<br />

funda<strong>mental</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>human</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g>.<br />

Right to the highest attainable st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ard of<br />

<strong>health</strong> care – including <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong><br />

Protecti<strong>on</strong> against discriminati<strong>on</strong><br />

Instruments safeguarding the <str<strong>on</strong>g>human</str<strong>on</strong>g> right<br />

• Internati<strong>on</strong>al Covenant <strong>on</strong> Ec<strong>on</strong>omic,<br />

Social <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cultural Rights (ICESCR)<br />

• Internati<strong>on</strong>al Covenant <strong>on</strong> Civil <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Political Rights (ICCPR)<br />

• UN Declarati<strong>on</strong> of Human Rights<br />

• African (Banjul) Charter <strong>on</strong> Human <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Peoples’ Rights<br />

• C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> for the Protecti<strong>on</strong> of Human<br />

Rights <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Funda<strong>mental</strong> Freedoms<br />

• American Declarati<strong>on</strong> of the Rights <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Duties of Man<br />

• American C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> Human Rights<br />

• UN Principles for the Protecti<strong>on</strong> of<br />

Pers<strong>on</strong>s with Mental Illness <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> for the<br />

Improvement of Mental Health Care (MI<br />

Principles)<br />

• St<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ard Rules <strong>on</strong> Equalizati<strong>on</strong> of<br />

Opportunities for Pers<strong>on</strong>s with Disabilities<br />

• Declarati<strong>on</strong> of Caracas<br />

• Recommendati<strong>on</strong> of the Inter-American<br />

Commissi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> Human Rights for the<br />

Promoti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Protecti<strong>on</strong> of the Rights<br />

of the Mentally Ill<br />

• Internati<strong>on</strong>al Covenant <strong>on</strong> Ec<strong>on</strong>omic,<br />

Social <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cultural Rights (ICESCR)<br />

• African (Banjul) Charter <strong>on</strong> Human <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Peoples’ Rights<br />

• UN Principles for the Protecti<strong>on</strong> of<br />

Pers<strong>on</strong>s with Mental Illness <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

Improvement of Mental Health Care (MI<br />

Principles)<br />

• St<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ard Rules <strong>on</strong> Equalizati<strong>on</strong> of<br />

Opportunities for Pers<strong>on</strong>s with Disabilities<br />

• European Social Charter<br />

• Declarati<strong>on</strong> of Caracas<br />

• Internati<strong>on</strong>al C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the Eliminati<strong>on</strong><br />

of All Forms of Racial Discriminati<strong>on</strong><br />

• C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the Eliminati<strong>on</strong> of All<br />

Forms of Discriminati<strong>on</strong> Against Women<br />

• Additi<strong>on</strong>al Protocol to the American<br />

C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> Human Rights in the Area<br />

of Ec<strong>on</strong>omic, Social <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cultural Rights<br />

• Internati<strong>on</strong>al Covenant <strong>on</strong> Ec<strong>on</strong>omic,<br />

Social <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cultural Rights (ICESCR)<br />

• Internati<strong>on</strong>al Covenant <strong>on</strong> Civil <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Political Rights (ICCPR)<br />

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