2019 MENTAL HEALTH DAY PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Recognising Legal Capacity – key to Suicide Prevention 10th October, 2019 LUSAKA -Disability rights advocacy organisations, The Mental Health Users of Zambia (MHUNZA) and Disability Rights Watch (DRW) join global observance
2019 MENTAL HEALTH DAY PRESS RELEASE
2019 MENTAL HEALTH DAY PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Recognising Legal Capacity – key to Suicide Prevention 10th October, 2019 LUSAKA -Disability rights advocacy organisations, The Mental Health Users of Zambia (MHUNZA) and Disability Rights Watch (DRW) join global observance
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES ON THE MENTAL HEALTH BILL, N.A.B. NO. 1 OF 2019 FOR THE THIRD SESSION OF THE TWELFTH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
The report from the Committee on health, community development and social services highlights the concerns raised by key stakeholders on mental health. It also highlights the observations and recommendations made by the committee. Different stakeholders appeared before the committee and
Policy Belief-An Urgent Call for the Repeal of Section 4 of the 2019 Mental Health Act
Section 4 of the Mental Health Act 6 of 2019 removes the fundamental right to legal capacity. It removes the legal personhood of persons with psychosocial disabilities. Within the Mental Health Act, section 4 is used to violate the right
Policy Belief-An Urgent Call for the Repeal of Section 4 of the 2019 Mental Health Act
Section 4 of the Mental Health Act 6 of 2019 removes the fundamental right to legal capacity. It removes the legal personhood of persons with psychosocial disabilities. Within the Mental Health Act, section 4 is used to violate the right
Mental Health Act No. 6 of 2019
An Act to provide for the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with mental illness, mental disorder, mental impairment or mental disability; to establish the National Mental Health Council and provide for its functions; provide for mental health
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES ON THE MENTAL HEALTH BILL, N.A.B. NO. 1 OF 2019 FOR THE THIRD SESSION OF THE TWELFTH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
The report from the Committee on health, community development and social services highlights the concerns raised by key stakeholders on mental health. It also highlights the observations and recommendations made by the committee. Different stakeholders appeared before the committee and
Policy Belief-An Urgent Call for the Repeal of Section 4 of the 2019 Mental Health Act
This policy brief has been prepared by the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) and Disability Rights Watch (DRW) in consultation with lawyers from Zambia in academia and private practice, from Validity Foundation (an international non-governmental organisation that uses