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Article Practice of the European Court of Human Rights on Hospitalization of People with Mental Illnesses: the Lessons for Ukraine
Authors
Hudyma D.
Name of magazine Legal journal «Law of Ukraine» (Ukrainian version)
Issue 10 / 2015
Pages 87 - 96
Annotation Particular problems of restricting the rights of mentally ill people, as well as relevant legal attitude of the European Court of Human Rights in the context of realization and protection from unlawful involuntary hospitalization are examined in this article. The proposals for improvement of certain provisions of Ukrainian legislation regarding the rights of mentally ill people were formed.
Keywords a concept of mentally ill person, rights of mentally disabled people, a right to be informed about the hospitalization, a right to review the decision on involuntary hospitalization, the European Court of Human Rights.
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