A/HRC/34/32 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Terminology and background ....................................................................................................... 3 III. The right to health framework ....................................................................................................... 4 IV. Challenges with implications for human rights in mental health .................................................. 5 A. The experience of living with mental health conditions ....................................................... 6 B. Systemic challenges applicable to mental health .................................................................. 7 The human rights-based approach to disability in the context of mental health ........................... 9 A. Equal recognition before the law .......................................................................................... 9 B. The absolute ban on deprivation of liberty on the basis of impairments .............................. 10 C. Forced treatment: forced medication, overmedication and harmful practices during deprivation of liberty ................................................................................................. 11 Charting the way forward .............................................................................................................. 11 A. Human rights-based approach .............................................................................................. 12 B. Good practices ...................................................................................................................... 15 C. Technical support and capacity-building .............................................................................. 17 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 18 V. VI. VII. 2