Involuntary psychiatric treatment is currently permitted in all Australian jurisdictions. In
almost all, Tasmania being a recent exception, this is the case regardless of the person's …

In 2012 we reported that Australian mental health legislation was on the verge of a
revolution. 1 That revolution has begun. It has been clear for some time that the criteria for …

In 2013, and again in 2014, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(CRPD) has recommended that Australia abolish its existing mental health laws which …

Most developed countries have laws that permit the detention and treatment of persons with
severe mental impairments without their consent. In Australia, a number of governments …

The six Australian states and two territories each have legislation that enables the
involuntary detention and treatment of individuals diagnosed with mental illness who are …

Objective: To analyse, and explain to Australasian psychiatrists, recent proposed changes to
the terms of coercive treatment for mental illness in Tasmania and Victoria and to place the …

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has generated new ideas
and standards in healthcare and disability law and policy. In the mental health context, the …

People with a mental illness may be subject to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (CRPD), depending on definitions of terms such as 'impairment','long …

Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly as
interpreted in the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities General Comment …

Objective: In some Australian states clinicians and mental health tribunal members are
already required to assess a person's decision-making capacity before involuntary treatment …