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Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals (2019)
Book Chapter
Bartlett, P. (2019). Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals. In L. Davidson (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of International Development, Mental Health and Wellbeing. Routledge

Since Winterwerp v the Netherlands in 1979, the European Court of Human Rights and, later, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, have been developing law and policy on human rights and mental disability (taken in this chapter to inclu... Read More about Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Stigma, human rights, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2016)
Book Chapter
Bartlett, P. (2016). Stigma, human rights, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In W. Gaebel, W. Roessler, & N. Sartorius (Eds.), The stigma of mental illness – end of the story? (209-223). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27839-1_12

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) requires that people with disabilities, including those with mental disabilities (be they psychosocial disabilities/mental health problems or learning disabilities), be a... Read More about Stigma, human rights, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Implementing a paradigm shift: implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the context of mental disability law (2014)
Book Chapter
Bartlett, P. (2014). Implementing a paradigm shift: implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the context of mental disability law. In Torture in healthcare settings: reflections on the Special Rapporteur on Torture’s 2013 Thematic Report. Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law

The passage of the CRPD in 2006 promises a paradigm shift in the rights of people with disabilities. Implementing this paradigm shift is a major undertaking requiring the involvement of a wide range of stakeholders. The required reforms extend acro... Read More about Implementing a paradigm shift: implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the context of mental disability law.

Re-thinking Herczegfalvy: the ECHR and the control of psychiatric treatment (2012)
Book Chapter
Bartlett, P. (2012). Re-thinking Herczegfalvy: the ECHR and the control of psychiatric treatment. In E. Brems (Ed.), Diversity and human rights: rewriting judgments of the ECHR (352-381). Cambridge University Press

This chapter forms part of a E Brems (ed.), Diversity and Human Rights: Rewriting Judgments of the ECHR (Cambridge: CUP, forthcoming 2013), in which lawyers and academics re-write judgments of the ECHR in a number of human rights areas. This cha... Read More about Re-thinking Herczegfalvy: the ECHR and the control of psychiatric treatment.