Human rights and mental illness
This page provides links to materials related to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's National Inquiry on the Human Rights of People with a Mental Illness, which reported in 1993, and more activity including recent consultations conducted in conjunction with the Mental Health Council of Australia and the Brain and Mind Research Institute.
Page last updated: 10 May 2006
Not For Service
Report of consultations by the Mental Health Council of Australia and Brain and Mind Research Institute in association with HREOC : October 2005
- Council of Australian Governments commitments on mental health : see HREOC media release
- Senate Committee report on mental health, 2006
1993 National Inquiry report
- Contents page (not yet linked to chapters, see below for options on access to content)
- Text version: volume 1 and volume 2
- PDF version: volume 1 and volume 2
Also available:
- the findings and recommendations chapters of the HREOC report (HTML format, includes general and legal recommendations and findings chapters)
- or General findings and recommendations in MS Word format and findings and recommendations on legislation (MS Word format) .
- notes from launch of the inquiry report.
Other recent HREOC activity
Senate inquiry
- Transcript of HREOC evidence (PDF version) : HTML anticipated available shortly
- Submissions to Inquiry (Committee index page); HTML version of HREOC submission also available
Speeches
- 3rd National Conference on Human Rights and Mental Health
Thursday 8 September, Parliament House Canberra
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner - Mental Health and Human Rights; the state of play in 2005
Comprehensive Area Psychiatrists Special Interest Group, Rozelle
Dr - Mental Health Reform in South Australia
Press Conference convened by Australian Nurses Federation 19 October 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner - Australian Human Rights - Inside And Outside The Wire
Address to the National Press Club, Canberra, 25 August 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Australian Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner . - Speech to Mental Health Council of Australia
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Sydney, 17 June 2004 - National
Mental Health Strategy - Future Challenges Meeting Broader Community Need
Keynote address delivered by the the Hon John von Doussa QC, President, HREOC
Mental Health Foundation of Australia Annual Conference, University of Melbourne, 27th November 2003. - The Human Rights of Mentally
Ill People:the HREOC inquiry and after
Mental Health, Criminal Justice and Corrections conference, Marrickville, 19 October 2001
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner - World Mental Health Day address
Chris Sidoti, Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Australian Psychiatric Disability Coalition National Forum
Canberra, October 10 1998 - Human Rights and Mental Illness
Speech by Chris Sidoti, Human Rights Commissioner
"Mental Health for All: What's the Vision?" A National Conference on Mental Health Services, Policy and Law Reform into the Twenty First Century, Newcastle, 13-14 February 1997
Other HREOC papers
Living Wills discussion Paper and public submissions on "living wills" or advance directives in the mental health area.
Medicare benefits for psychiatric
services
Report of an examination by the Commission under the Disability Discrimination
Act of Group A8 of the Health Insurance (1996 -1997 General Medical Services
Table) Regulations. This report looks at the effect on people with psychiatric
disabilities of changes to the rules about the number of psychiatric consultations
for which a Medicare rebate is claimable
Other resources
U.N.
Mental Illness Principles
Commonwealth
Department of Health Mental health branch resources page
South Australia Department of Health
mental health publications
Mental
Health Council of Australia
Mental Health Association
Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention
and Early Intervention for Mental Health : includes information clearinghouse
Mental Health Rights Manual Online: NSW Mental Health Coordinating Council