A/72/53/Add.1 Acknowledging that the multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination, stigma, violence and abuse often faced by people living with, presumed to be living with or affected by HIV/AIDS and by members of key populations have negative consequences on their enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of mental health, Convinced that the Human Rights Council, in fulfilling its responsibility for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in a fair and equal manner, has an important role to play in the area of mental health and human rights, to foster constructive international dialogue and cooperation, and to promote human rights education and learning, and also advisory services, technical assistance, capacity-building and awareness-raising, Acknowledging the leadership of the World Health Organization in the field of health and also the work that it has carried out to date to, inter alia, integrate a human rights perspective into mental health, and recalling the commitment of States to achieve this through the implementation of the Organization’s comprehensive mental health action plan 2013-2020, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on mental health and human rights;32 2. Also takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health on the right of everyone to mental health;33 3. Further takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of person with disabilities on the provision of different forms of rights-based support for persons with disabilities, including access to adequate decision-making support when seeking to make informed health-related choices;34 4. Reaffirms the obligation of States to protect, promote and respect all human rights and fundamental freedoms and to ensure that policies and services related to mental health comply with international human rights norms; 5. Urges States to take active steps to fully integrate a human rights perspective into mental health and community services, and to adopt, implement, update, strengthen or monitor, as appropriate, all existing laws, policies and practices with a view to eliminating all forms of discrimination, stigma, prejudice, violence, abuse, social exclusion and segregation within that context, and to promote the right of persons with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities to full inclusion and effective participation in society, on an equal basis with others; 6. Also urges States to address the underlying social, economic and environmental determinants of health and to address holistically the range of barriers arising from inequality and discrimination that impede the full enjoyment of human rights in the context of mental health; 7. Encourages States to take concrete steps towards recognizing the importance of addressing mental health by, inter alia, promoting the participation of all stakeholders in the development of public policies in this regard, promoting prevention and training programmes for social, health and other relevant professionals, integrating mental health services into primary and general health care, and providing effective mental health and other community-based services that protect, promote and respect the enjoyment of the rights to liberty and security of person and to live independently and be included in the community, on an equal basis with others; 8. Calls upon States to abandon all practices that fail to respect the rights, will and preferences of all persons, on an equal basis, and that lead to power imbalances, stigma and discrimination in mental health settings; 9. Urges States to develop community-based, people-centred services and supports that do not lead to overmedicalization and inappropriate treatments in, inter alia, 32 33 34 GE.17-18194 A/HRC/34/32. A/HRC/35/21. A/HRC/34/58. 35