Psychiatria pre prax 4/2019
Monitoring of psychiatric facilities from the perspective of human rights and the Office of the Commissioner for persons with disabilities
In the article we present monitoring activities of the Office of the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities focusing on mental health, which is carried out by personal visits to psychiatric facilities of the Slovak Republic. The main mean of evaluation is the World Health Organization‘s - QualityRights Tool Kit and Checklist for the evaluation of a psychiatric hospital of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). The goal of the monitoring is maping how human rights are respected in psychiatric facilities and to identify systemic and human deficiencies in the implementation of international conventions. The final result of the monitoring will be the special report on Monitoring of Psychiatric Facilities subsequently submitted to the National Council of the Slovak Republic. The systematic assessment of the quality of psychiatric facilities in connection with the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will bring important information and documents for setting the necessary changes in society and improving the quality of services provided.
Keywords: Office of the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, human rights, psychiatric facilities, WHO, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).
