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Law & Psychiatry
Published Online: 1 April 2016

Protecting the Rights of Persons With Disabilities: An International Convention and Its Problems

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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the United Nations in 2007, aims to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. However, several of its provisions are susceptible to interpretations that would negate traditional approaches to the protection of people with mental disorders. Guardianship, civil commitment, and even medical treatment of delirious patients appear to be precluded by the convention. This column describes the reactions to restrictive interpretations of the convention and lessons that can be learned for the development of similar documents.

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Cover: Fame Weathervane, by E.G. Washburne and Company, circa 1890. Copper and zinc with gold leaf. American Folk Art Museum, Long Island City, New York. Gift of Ralph Esmerian, accession number 2005.8.62. Photo credit: Gavin Ashworth.

Psychiatric Services
Pages: 366 - 368
PubMed: 27032795

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Published online: 1 April 2016
Published in print: April 01, 2016

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Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D.
Dr. Appelbaum, who is editor of this column, is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Law, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City (e-mail: [email protected]).

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Dr. Appelbaum reports Equity interest in COVR, Inc.

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