A draft bill now before the Verkhovna Rada on compulsory psychiatric treatment has alarmed specialists in the field who believe that some of the norms infringe the rights of people with mental illness. The international federation Human Rights in Mental Health – FGIP has published an expert assessment in both Ukrainian and English in the hope that Ukraine’s legislators will reject amendments which one of their members, Robert van Voren, says are in direct violation of Ukraine’s international commitments.
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Doctors and nurses wearing face masks hold placards as they stand along a thoroughfare during their protest against cuts to psychiatric care funding in Kyiv on May 19, 2020.
