2. Provision of reasonable accommodation - Prevention of neglect
Effective prevention requires elimination of conditions that give rise to or facilitate nonconsensual psychiatric interventions. This means such actions as deprivation of liberty and loss of control over personal decision-making, and bundling of services that requires individuals to choose between accepting unwanted psychiatric interventions and losing a home or losing services that are wanted.
Our obligations to human rights also extend to reparations, [xiii] which have both an individual and a collective dimension. Individuals may require compensation, restoration of previous status and possessions, to the extent possible, and rehabilitation (meaning recovery and reintegration services in this context).
Thus this discussion regarding torture
is important to every person, as each of us are vulnerable to exploitation and
abuse within the medical system if there are not adequate safeguards to prevent
it. Please see the following references for further information:
[ii] Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union art. 3, 2000 O.J. (C 364) 1, 9.
Article 3 reads in full: Right to the integrity of the person
1) Everyone has the right to respect for his or her physical and mental integrity.
2) In the fields of medicine and biology, the following must be respected in particular:
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