The Detention of Persons with Psychosocial and Intellectual Disabilities

The Belgian System and Its Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesBy Beatriz Scotton

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This book analyses States Parties? obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with regard to the detention of persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities with the purpose of psychiatric treatment. The main provisions of the CRPD discussed in this book are Articles 12 and 14, on the right to equal recognition before the law and the right to liberty and security, respectively. Furthermore, the book provides an overview of the Belgian system of detention of persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities for psychiatric treatment, which includes the analysis of key provisions of Belgian national legislation such as the Act on Confinement of 2014, the Act on Mental Health of 1990 and the national directive on the mental health care delivery sector, the 107 Reform, in progress since 2011. Both national legislation and mental health policy are considered in relation to its compliance with the obligations and standards established in the CRPD. Besides, this book contains recommendations to Belgium in relation to its system of internment, which take into consideration the CRPD Committee Concluding Observations on Belgium, various reports and relevant academic discussions on the topic. Este livro, cujo conteúdo está em língua inglesa, examina as obrigações dos Estados parte da Convenção Internacional sobre os Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência, com foco na detenção de pessoas com deficiência psicossocial e intelectual para tratamento psiquiátrico. Os principais artigos da Convenção examinados neste livro são os artigos 12 e 14, sobre o direito ao igual reconhecimento perante a lei e o direito à liberdade e segurança da pessoa, respectivamente. O livro constrói um panorama do sistema belga de detenção de pessoas com deficiência psicossocial ou intelectual para tratamento psiquiátrico, o que inclui a análise dos principais dispositivos de leis nacionais belgas, como a Lei de Internação de Pessoas de 2014, a Lei de Proteção às Pessoas com Doença Mental de 1990 e a diretriz nacional em cuidado e saúde mental, a Reforma 107, em curso desde 2011. Tanto a legislação quanto a política de saúde mental são desenvolvidas a partir do cumprimento das obrigações e das normas estabelecidas na Convenção. Além de tudo isso, o livro contém recomendações ao Estado belga em relação ao sistema de internação, com a consideração das Observações Conclusivas do Comitê sobre a Bélgica, relatórios diversos e discussões acadêmicas pertinentes.

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GenrePolitics and Government

Length4 hrs 19 mins

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Publish dateJul 26, 2021

LanguagePortuguese

1ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2LIST OF ABREVIATIONS

31. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER

41.1 INTRODUCTION

51.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

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61.3 METHODOLOGY

71.4 STRUCTURE

82. A BRIEF SOCIO HISTORICAL CONTEXTUALISATION

92.1 INTRODUCTION

102.2 AN OVERVIEW OF THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

112.3 THE THEORETICAL MODELS OF DISABILITY AND MODELS OF EQUALITY

122.3.1 THE MEDICAL MODEL OF DISABILITY AND THE FORMAL EQUALITY APPROACH

132.3.2 THE SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY AND THE SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY APPROACH

142.3.3 THE HUMAN RIGHTS MODEL OF DISABILITY AND THE INCLUSIVE EQUALITY APPROACH

152.4 THE CRPD AS ANACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

163. INTERPRETATION OF STATES PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CRPD

173.1 INTRODUCTION

183.2 LEGAL INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 12

193.2.1 ARTICLE 12, PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2

203.2.2 ARTICLE 12, PARAGRAPH 3

213.2.3 ARTICLE 12, PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5

223.3 LEGAL INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 14 OF THE CRPD

233.3.1 ARTICLE 14, PARAGRAPH 1

243.3.2 ARTICLE 14, PARAGRAPH 2

253.4 THE CRPD COMMITTEE’S CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS

264. BELGIAN LEGISLATION ON THE DETENTION OF PERSONS WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

274.1 INTRODUCTION

284.2 THE ACT ON CONFINEMENT (LOI RELATIVE À L’INTERNEMENT DES PERSONNES): 4.3 THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT (LOI RELATIVE À LA PROTECTION DE LA PERSONNE DES MALADES MENTAUX)

294.4 REFORM 107 (RÉFORME 107)

305. COMPARISON AND RECOMMENDATIONS

315.1 CHAPTER’S SUMMARY

325.2 STATES PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CRPD AND THE ACT ON CONFINEMENT

335.2.1. ARTICLE 12 AND RELATED PROVISIONS

345.2.2 ARTICLES 14 AND 25

355.2.3 PRACTICES AND BREACHES OF THE CRPD

365.3 STATES PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CRPD AND THE ACT ON MENTAL HEALTH

375.3.1. ARTICLE 12 AND RELATED PROVISIONS

385.3.2 ARTICLE 14

395.3.3 PRACTICES AND BREACHES OF THE CRPD

405.4 RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE BELGIAN SYSTEM