A/HRC/45/16/Add.1 (c) Ensure that draft legislation addresses the problems identified in the involuntary admission of persons, including introducing a requirement for the automatic release of involuntarily admitted individuals if their case cannot be reviewed by the courts within 10 days, and ensuring that a guardian is appointed in cases where an individual does not have the capacity to represent him- or herself or is unable to seek the assistance of a lawyer; (d) Ensure that admissions to all psychiatric institutions remain under regular review by the Public Prosecutor and the courts to avoid indefinite deprivation of liberty against the will of the individual concerned; (e) Introduce legislation to provide a legal basis for the involuntary admission of persons with psychosocial disabilities to private clinics, and ensure that the Ministry of Health conducts regular visits to all places where persons with psychosocial disabilities are held in order to monitor the length and conditions of involuntary admission. 20

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