Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 14895 | 13 June 2019

Ending coercion in mental health: the need for a human rights-based approach

Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination

Origin - 2019 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 2, insert the following words:

"Reliance on such coercive measures not only leads to arbitrary deprivations of liberty but, being unjustified differential treatment, it also violates the prohibition on discrimination."