Medicine and law
The application of the European Convention of Human Rights to the field of psychiatry
Abstract
The European Convention of Human Rights enumerates a set of individual rights and fundamental freedoms and defines supra-national legal procedures whereby individuals, who believe themselves victims of human rights abuses and are unable to gain redress through domestic courts, can petition the European Commission of Human Rights.
Source and rights
Published by Medicine and law, 1990. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
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At a glance
- Published
- 1990
- Applies to
- 🇪🇺 Europe
- Scope
- Regional
- Journal
- Medicine and law
- PubMed
- 2125106
- Added to Prognia
- 16 July 2026




