The Scottish Human Rights Commission welcomes the review of the Mental Health Act announced today in the Scottish Parliament.
Judith Robertson, Chair of the Commission, said:
"People's rights are affected by mental health laws in many ways, including whether they can exercise choice and control over their own care and treatment, how their liberty is affected and their rights to health.
"The Commission has called for a comprehensive review of mental health legislation for some time. We have
and Scottish Parliament, particularly through commitments to Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human... of human rights equally. With new powers coming to the Scottish Parliament, the Commission
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