HUMAN RIGHTS
Human rights in mental health are fundamental to transform health and mental health systems, to stop and prevent abusive and inhumane practices from inflicting harm
Many of us have extensive experience of the debilitating impact of social and economic exclusion and human rights violations – many of us can speak of being ostracised, marginalised, segregated and discriminated against, and how we have struggled to access appropriate mental healthcare and support that could help address our specific needs and towards recovery.
Our lived experiences and past struggles have made us more resilient to lived through adversity and made us more determined to be actively involved in creating a world where we all can thrive, not just survive.
Human rights are integrated throughout our work and we strongly advocate for mental healthcare to be delivered within a human rights framework. We strive to ensure that all persons with lived experience are empowered, to know their human rights and know that they have a platform to speak out about any human rights violations.
Our lived experiences and past struggles have made us more resilient to lived through adversity and made us more determined to be actively involved in creating a world where we all can thrive, not just survive.
Human rights are integrated throughout our work and we strongly advocate for mental healthcare to be delivered within a human rights framework. We strive to ensure that all persons with lived experience are empowered, to know their human rights and know that they have a platform to speak out about any human rights violations.
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GMHPN Speaks OutWe celebrate International Human Right Day, annually on 10 December - highlighting why human rights are important to us.
The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. Human rights are important to us, as it impacts negatively on our lives and recovery processes - when we are denied our fundamental human rights. |
Book: Mental Health, Legal Capacity and Human RightsOur Founder/CEO, Charlene Sunkel (also co-editor with Prof Vikram Patel, Prof Michael Stein, and Dr Faraaz Mohamed) and four of our Executive Team members, Andrew Turtle, Syd Gravel, Iregi Mwenja and Marie Abanga contributed a chapter on "Lived Experience Perspectives from Australia, Canada, Kenya, Cameroon and South Africa – Conceptualising the Realities"
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