A/72/53/Add.1 the fields of clinical practice, policy, research, medical education and investment, and that do not fail to respect the autonomy, will and preferences of all persons; 10. Calls upon States to take all the measures necessary to ensure that health professionals provide care of the same quality to persons with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities, in particular persons using mental health services, as to others, including on the basis of free and informed consent by, inter alia, raising awareness of the human rights, dignity, autonomy and needs of these persons through training and the promulgation of ethical standards for public and private health care; 11. Strongly encourages States to support persons with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities to empower themselves in order to know and demand their rights, including through health and human rights literacy, to provide human rights education and training for health workers, police, law enforcement officers, prison staff and other relevant professions, with a special focus on non-discrimination, free and informed consent and respect for the will and preferences of all, confidentiality and privacy, and to exchange best practices in this regard; 12. Encourages States to promote the effective, full and meaningful participation of persons with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities and their organizations in the design, implementation and monitoring of law, policies and programmes relevant to realizing the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of mental health; 13. Recognizes the need to promote the mainstreaming of a human rights perspective into mental health in all relevant public policies; 14. Encourages States to provide technical support and capacity-building through international cooperation to countries that develop and implement policies, plans, laws and services that promote and protect the human rights of persons with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities, in accordance with the present resolution, in consultation with and with the consent of the countries concerned; 15. Requests the High Commissioner to organize a consultation lasting one and a half days, no later than during the seventy-first session of the World Health Assembly, to discuss all relevant issues and challenges pertaining to the fulfilment of a human rights perspective in mental health, the exchange of best practices and the implementation of technical guidance in this regard, including the initiatives of the World Health Organization on mental health and human rights, such as QualityRights; 16. Also requests the High Commissioner to provide the above-mentioned consultation with all the services and facilities necessary to fulfil its activities, including by making the discussions fully accessible to persons with disabilities; 17. Further requests the High Commissioner to invite to the consultation Member States and all other stakeholders, including relevant United Nations bodies, agencies, funds and programmes, in particular the World Health Organization, the special procedures, in particular the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the treaty bodies, national human rights institutions and civil society, including persons with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities, in particular persons using mental health services, and their organizations; 18. Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the outcome of the consultation, to be presented to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session, in which he identifies strategies to promote human rights in mental health and to eliminate discrimination, stigma, violence, coercion and abuse in this regard, including through education and the training of all stakeholder groups; 19. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 39th meeting 28 September 2017 [Adopted without a vote.] 36 GE.17-18194

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