title: The application of the European Convention of Human Rights to the field of psychiatry.
abstract: The European Convention of Human Rights enumerates a set of individual rights and fundamental freedoms and defines supra-national legal procedures whereby individuals, who believe themselves victims of human rights abuses and are unable to gain redress through domestic courts, can petition the European Commission of Human Rights.
authors: Institute Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors: T W
authors: TW
authors: Harding
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005060:Europe; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D033222:Judicial Role; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D011330:Prisons / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028743:Professional Misconduct