Mental health
Recommended measures (6)
41. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Ensure that prisoners with mental health conditions receive adequate mental health care, including through transferral to an appropriate medical establishment.
(b) Ensure that treatment is based on the free and informed consent of the individual concerned or that of his or her legal representative.
(c) Incorporate into the law the prohibition of the enforced administration of intrusive and irreversible treatments such as neuroleptic drugs and electroconvulsive therapy.
(d) Introduce stricter procedural requirements for the use of coercive measures to ensure that persons with psychosocial disabilities and older persons in institutional care have adequate legal protection against the use of coercion.
(e) Increase community-based services, including peer support and other alternatives to the medical model, for persons with psychosocial disabilities.
(f) Ensure the systematic recording of the use of coercive measures, in accordance with the legal requirements.