[deadline for inputs] Draft guidance on Mental Health, Human Rights, and Legislation published jointly by WHO & OHCHR
Call for inputs: Draft guidance on Mental Health, Human Rights, and Legislation published jointly by WHO and OHCHR
Purpose: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) invites Member States, and relevant regional and international intergovernmental organizations; national human rights institutions, equality bodies, United Nations funds, programmes, and specialized agencies, organizations of persons with disabilities and other civil society organizations, experts, academia and any other interested party to provide written input on the draft and to contribute to its development.
Submission Format + Where to Submit
Please include in your submission:
- The name of the individual and organisation making the written submission.
- The number of the section(s) to which your submission refers and page number. You may provide information on as many or as few sections as may be relevant in the form of:
- Concise comments;
- Specific proposed alternative text, if relevant;
- Word limit: Less than 5,300 words;
- In English, Spanish, or French. Submissions will not be translated;
- In Word format. Please do not provide inputs in the text or margin of the draft. Submit inputs in a separate Word document.
- Please include hyperlinks to relevant websites, documents, statistical data, public regulations and legislation providing more detailed information.
Please send contributions by email to: harumi.fuentes@un.org by 31 August 2022 with the email subject line: Input for joint guidance WHO-OHCHR
Download the draft joint WHO/OHCHR guidance here: ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/calls-input/draft-guidance-mental-health-human-rights-legislation-who-ohchr
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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Mental Health, please visit ngomentalhealth.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bknotts@uua.org or bobbinassar@yahoo.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, please visit crimealliance.org.