A/HRC/29/33 should also be considered as citizens entitled to all rights, including civil rights and freedoms. Their right to health should be promoted not only through the prevention of child mortality and morbidity but also through the protection of children’s right to holistic development. 92. The life-cycle approach will be also be used in addressing the right of adolescents and youth to health; the role of family and parenting; mental-health issues and ways to prevent violence as a public health problem; and important issues around healthy ageing. E. The right to health of persons with disabilities 93. One of priorities of the Special Rapporteur will be to look into the role of the health sector and health professionals in the implementation of ambitious goals raised by the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He hopes to address that role in close cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and other mandate holders and United Nations mechanisms. 94. The human rights standards set forth by the Convention present a good opportunity to rethink the historical legacy of previous models and to move away from those healthcare practices which are against human rights and the modern public health approach. There is a unique and historic opportunity to end the legacy of the overuse and misuse of the biomedical model. 95. All persons with disabilities have a right to health, including to quality health-care services. In that regard, persons with disabilities should not be discriminated against and should enjoy that right in their communities as persons without disabilities do. The Special Rapporteur is concerned that all too often children and adults with different forms of disabilities are deprived of the full realization to the right to health. He will address that serious issue, with a particular focus on the rights of persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities. 96. The Convention is challenging traditional practices of psychiatry, both at the scientific and clinical-practice levels. In that regard, there is a serious need to discuss issues related to human rights in psychiatry and to develop mechanisms for the effective protection of the rights of persons with mental disabilities. 97. The history of psychiatry demonstrates that the good intentions of service providers can turn into violations of the human rights of service users. The traditional arguments that restrict the human rights of persons diagnosed with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities, which are based on the medical necessity to provide those persons with necessary treatment and/or to protect his/her or public safety, are now seriously being questioned as they are not in conformity with the Convention. 98. The Special Rapporteur believes that a serious multi-stakeholder dialogue about the future models and practices of psychiatry is needed to address the situation in many countries where exceptions, allowing the restriction of the human rights of service users, sadly turn into rules, and persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities suffer from systemic or ad hoc violations of their rights. 99. A large number of persons with psychosocial disabilities are deprived of their liberty in closed institutions and are deprived of legal capacity on the grounds of their medical diagnosis. This is an illustration of the misuse of the science and practice of medicine, and it highlights the need to re-evaluate the role of the current biomedical model as dominating the mental-health scene. Alternative models, with a strong focus on human rights, experiences and relationships and which take social contexts into account, should be considered to advance current research and practice. 16