Objectives
Objectives
The main objectives of the Diploma are -
- To equip students with the knowledge and understanding of international human rights standards as they related to people with mental disorders
- To apply these international human rights standards to mental health legislation
- To understand the role of legislation in promoting and protecting the rights of persons with mental disorders
- To understand how mental health policy and services can work to improve the human rights of people with mental disorders
- To equip the students to have a broad contextual knowledge of the law and apply the same in the process of drafting, amending and implementing mental health legislation
It is expected that the Diploma will equip the students to undertake advocacy work in this area and equip them with the knowledge and skills to actively support countries to drafting and amending mental health laws in line with international human rights standards such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.