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The Potential of the Legal Capacity Law Reform in Peru to Transform Mental Health Provision

by Eric Eckhart | Aug 20, 2021 | Alberto Vasquez

2021) Encalada, A (2021). In M. Stein, F. Mahomed, V. Patel, & C. Sunkel (Eds.), Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights (pp. 124-139). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108979016.011 In 2018, Peru achieved a milestone reform in the...

Discussion Paper. A Rights-Based Approach to Disability in the Context of Mental Health

by Eric Eckhart | Jun 4, 2021 | Alberto Vasquez

(2021) Vasquez Encalada, A. (2021), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), New York. UNICEF Disability Section, Programme Division is launching a discussion paper on “A Rights-Based Approach to Disability in the Context of Mental Health” as a Supplement to the MHPSS...

Crisis Response as a Human Rights Flashpoint: Critical Elements of Community Support for Individuals Experiencing Significant Emotional Distress

by Eric Eckhart | Jun 16, 2020 | Alberto Vasquez, Dainius Pūras, Julie Hannah

(June 2020) Stastny, P., Lovell, AM., Hannah, J., Goulart, D., Vasquez, A., O’callaghan, S. and Pūras, D., (2020). Health and Human Rights. 22 (1), 105-119 Abstract:This paper proposes a set of nine critical elements underpinned by human rights principles to support...

Transforming Disability Law and Policy in Peru: the Role of Civil Society

by Eric Eckhart | Jun 4, 2020 | Alberto Vasquez

(2020) Alberto Vásquez Encalada, in Global Perspectives on Disability Activism and Advocacy, Karen Soldatic and Kelley Johnson (eds.), Oxon & New York, Routledge, 2019. Read more…

The Reform of Mental Health Legislation in Peru: a half-promise

by Eric Eckhart | Oct 16, 2019 | Alberto Vasquez

(2019) Alberto Vasquez, in Madness in motion, The reinvention of mental health in Latin America, Santiago de Chile, Centro de Crazy Studies, 2019, Juan Carlos Cea Madrid (ed.) [Alberto Vasquez, La reforma de la legislación sobre salud mental en el Perú: una promesa a...

L’art. 12 CDPH au Regard du Droit de la Protection de L’Adulte: état des lieux et perspectives

by Eric Eckhart | May 16, 2019 | Alberto Vasquez

(2019) Alberto Vasquez and José-Miguel Rubido, in Micaela Vaerini et al. (eds.), Aspects de droit civil suisse et international, Berne, Stämpfli, 2019. Read more…
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