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HUMAN RIGHTS AND PSYCHIATRY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

REPORT BASED ON MONITORING FINDINGS AND THEMATIC ARTICLES

2004



Monitoring, drafting of the report and compilation of the book represent a product of joint efforts of the Mos-cow Helsinki Group and the Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia


The given publication was prepared within the Project Human Rights Monitoring Network in the Russian Federation implemented by the Moscow Helsinki Group in partnership with the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, the Netherlands Helsinki Committee, the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, and human rights organizations from 89 regions of the Russian Federation


Financial assistance for the Project is provided
by the European Commission


Coordinators of Monitoring:
T. Lokshina, S. Lukashevskii, A. Novikova
Board of Editors:
L. Alexeeva, T. Lokshina, S. Lukashevskii, A Novikova
Chief Editor: T. Lokshina
Editor: I. Sergeeva
Layout: N. Kostenko
Cover: L. Lokshin, N. Kostenko

The views expressed herein are those of the Moscow Helsinki Group and the Independent Psychiatric Asso-ciation of Russia. They can therefore in no way be taken to reflect the official position of the European Com-mission
Copyright © 2004 by Moscow Helsinki Group
All rights reserved
ISBN 5-98440-008-1

TABLE OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSIONS MADE ON THE BASIS OF MONITORING FINDINGS
RECOMMENDATIONS

SECTION I. LEGISLATIVE BASE RELEVANT TO THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF MENTALLY ILL PERSONS


INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILNESSES
S. POLUBINSKAYA, Ph.D IN LAW

RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILNESSES: DE JURE AND DE FACTO
YU. ARGUNOVA, COUNSELOR OF JUSTICE,
Ph.D IN LAW, DOCENT

SECTION II. PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS IN RUSSIAN REGIONS: RIGHTS OF PATIENTS AND RIGHTS OF PERSONNEL
REPORT BASED ON MONITORING FINDINGS


SUBJECT OF MONITORING. METHODOLOGY. CONDUCTION OF MONITORING
RIGHTS OF PATIENTS IN PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
    FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
    Safety
    Voluntarism
    Non-restraint
    Justified duration of hospitalization
    Information
    The right to practice religion
    Legal protection
    Respectful, humane, and non-degrading treatment
    Confidentiality of correspondence, visits, telephone conversations, and meetings with lawyers and clergymen
THE RIGHT TO DECENT ENVIRONMENT
    Architecture of psychiatric institutions
    Location of psychiatric clinics
    Territory
    Living space
THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE THERAPY
    Levels of staffing and professional qualification of clinical personnel
    Supply of pharmaceuticals
    Supply of laboratory and therapeutic equipment
    Availability of psychotherapy, art-therapy, labor therapy, and rehabilitation programs
    Accessibility of practitioner, the right to choose one’s doctor
    Suicides and aggression
RIGHTS OF PERSONNEL
STATE CONTROL AND PUBLIC CONTROL
FINANCING AS A DUTY OF THE STATE AND THE MAIN GUARANTEE OF PATIENTS’ RIGHTS AND PERSONNEL’S RIGHTS


SECTION III. HUMAN RIGHTS AND PSYCHIATRY: PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS

THEMATIC ARTICLES


HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SPHERE OF MENTAL HEALTH: GENERAL TRENDS
YU. SAVENKO, PRESIDENT OF THE INDEPENDENT PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION OF RUSSIA

THE FIRST LEGAL ACTION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON A CASE OF INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION IN RUSSIA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE RUSSIAN JUSTICE
L. VINOGRADOVA

COMPLIANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPULSORY TREATMENT
    LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW
    OBSERVANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPULSORY TREATMENT
THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS ADDICTED TO PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
V. PELIPAS, Ph.D IN MEDICAL SCIENCE, HEAD OF DIVISION ON SOCIAL AND LEGAL PROBLEMS OF NARCOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER OF NARCOLOGY UNDER THE RF MINISTRY OF HEALTH
I. SOLOMONIDINA, Ph.D IN LAW, SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL PROBLEMS OF NARCOLOGY DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER OF NARCOLOGY UNDER THE RF MINISTRY OF HEALTH

PECULIARITIES OF THE LEGAL STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH MENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE RUSSIAN LEGISLATION
B. ALMAZOV

PROBLEMS OF OBSERVATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC AND CHILDREN’S BOARDING HOMES
N. DEMENTYEVA, Ph.D IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, HEAD OF THE FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC-PRACTICAL CENTER OF SOCIO-MEDICAL EXPERTISE AND REHABILITATION OF INVALIDS OF THE RF MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT



APPENDIXES


APPENDIX 1
LIST OF PSYCHIATRIC CLINICS — SUBJECTS TO MONITORING

APPENDIX 2
LIST OF CLINICS WHERE PATIENTS CANNOT GET EXTRACTS FROM EPICRISES

APPENDIX 3
LIST OF CLINICS VIOLATING RULE OF NECESSARY PRESENCE OF A CITIZEN ON COURT HEARING ON HIS VOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION

APPENDIX 4
LIST OF CLINICS LACKING NECESSARY MEDICINES

APPENDIX 5
LIST OF CLINICS LACKING NECESSARY EQUIPMENT
LIST OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS-MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING NETWORK
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