RESOLUTION 1991/29
Resolution E91r029
31 May 1991
13th plenary meeting
Question of a draft body of principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and for the improvement of mental health care
The Economic and Social Council,
Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 10 A (XXXIII) of 11 March 1977, by which the Commission requested the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to
study the question of the protection of persons detained on the grounds of mental ill-health, with a view to formulating guidelines,
Recalling also its resolution 1989/76 of 24 May 1989, by which it authorized an open-ended working group of the Commission to meet to examine, revise and simplify as necessary the draft body of
principles and guarantees for the protection of persons with mental illness and for the improvement of mental health care, submitted by the Subcommission,
Expressing its appreciation to the Commission on Human Rights for having concluded the elaboration of a draft body of principles,
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