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Living in Chains: Shackling of people with psychosocial disabilities worldwide

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Publication year:

2020

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English

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pdf (6.2 MiB)

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Publisher:

Human Rights Watch

Hundreds of thousands of people, both adult and children around the globe with mental health conditions have been shackled at least once in their lives. Inadequate support and mental health services, as well as stigma concerning people with psychosocial disabilities causes the inhuman practice of shackling to exist. This report examines the issue of shackling in connection to mental health conditions.

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Publisher

Human Rights Watch

Authors

Sharma, Kriti

Format

pdf

Content type

Reports

Country

Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Côte D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Region

Caribbean, Central Asia, East Africa, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Eurasia, North Africa, North America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, West and Central Africa

Rights

© Author/Publisher

Keywords

Human RightsMental health and psychosocial supportShackling

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