Fair Treatment of Mentally-Ill
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Category: | Human Rights | Strength: | Strong | Proposed By: | Faybian |
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Description:
Humane Treatment of the Mentally-Ill
Resolved, all countries that are members of UN be required to treat citizens who are mentally-ill humanely.
A mental illness is defined as a psychiatric disorder that results in a disruption in a person's thinking, feeling, moods, and ability to relate to others.
This proposal would include a ban on physical abuse, forcing mentally-ill citizens to perform inhumane tasks, or forcing mentally-ill citizens to live and/or work in inhumane conditions.
Basic services should be offered to all citizens who are mentally-ill.
- Votes For: 17,036
- Votes Against: 2,975
- Implemented: Wed Jan 21 2004