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English Language Page 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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