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(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.
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