Mental Health Legal Centre Inc.
Human Rights Policy Work
Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and Mental Health Rights Forum 20th May 2008
This Community Legal Education session explored how the Charter could assist people who have been diagnosed with a mental illness:-
About the Charter of Rights, Issues of Concern to Consumers and Charter, Relationship between Charter and Convention on Rights of Persons with a Disability - Sophie Delaney Coordinator MHLC (Coordinator / Principal Lawyer MHLC)
How might the Charter impact on involuntary treatment and access to treatment choices - Barbara Shalit MHLC (Senior Lawyer MHLC)
Advance directives and the Charter of Rights - Vivienne Topp MHLC (Policy Coordinator and Lawyer MHLC)
Charter and the right to a fair hearing at MHRB: what it means and how to ensure it - Catherine Leslie MHLC (Lawyer and Pro-Bono Coordinator MHLC)
Involuntary treatment – an argument for its continuation and an analysis of what the Human Rights and Responsibilities Charter might deliver to consumers without the need to abolish involuntary detention or treatment - Mark Lacey (Consumer Consultant)
Full-text article on Involuntary Treatment by Dr David Webb (PhD Doctorate and Psychiatric Survivor)
Report on the outcomes of the day
