Mental health

RIGHT TO HEALTH: CRIN's submission for OHCHR's report on the Sustainable Development Goals
16/oct/2017 Publication
This submission was made to provide input the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the...
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CHILDREN IN INSTITUTIONS: CRIN's submission for the draft General Comment of the CRPD on article 19
5/juil/2017 Publication
CRIN's submission on the proposed draft general comment No. 5 by the UN Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD), on article 19 of the Convention.
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CRIN Submission on mental health and human rights
1/nov/2016 Publication
This submission is CRIN's contribution to an OHCHR call for input on the issue of mental health and human rights for an...
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PERU: Abortion guidelines established after 90-year delay
30/mar/2016 Publication
A 13-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped was denied a legal abortion, even though her physical and mental health were in danger. She was left paralysed; but thanks to her case, Peru now has a protocol on therapeutic abortion and the UN has recognised the denial of a legal abortion as a form of discrimination against women.
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K.L. v. Peru
lun, 24/10/2005 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning access to therapeutic abortion for a 17-year-old girl in Peru.
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UN: Children's rights and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2/déc/2015 Publication
Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this new report calls on the UN to address the rights of children with disabilities with the same consistency and rigour as adults’ rights. 
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HEALTH: Most antipsychotic drugs prescribed to teens without mental health diagnosis, study says
16/juil/2015 News
Researchers expressed concern about drugs for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia being used on children without these disorders. Also worrying is that few patients undergo therapy alongside their drug treatment. 
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SINGAPORE: Court frees teen blogger, Amos Yee, after four-week sentence
6/juil/2015 News
Yee, who was convicted of wounding religious sentiment and of uploading an obscene image with the faces of Singapore's founding father and Margaret Thatcher, says he intends to appeal his conviction and sentence. 
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SINGAPORE: Convicted teenage blogger placed in mental health detention
24/juin/2015 News
Teenage blogger Lee Kuan Yew, who was convicted of obscenity and insulting Christianity after he posted a video criticising the late leader Lee Kuan Yew, will be detained for two weeks in a mental health institute until a psychiatric assessment is performed, a court has decided.   
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ÉTATS-UNIS : trois fois plus de suicides chez les enfants noirs que chez les blancs
22/Mai/2015 News
D'après une étude publiée par une association médicale américaine, le taux de suicide des 5-11 ans noirs américains serait plus de trois fois plus élevé que celui des enfants blancs.
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