Conference on protection of rights of institutionalized people with mental disabilities
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This conference will focus on the protection of people in psychiatric or social-care institutions. Its aim is to initiate discussions on the legal protection of the rights of institutionalized individuals, exchange experiences among international experts and open a dialogue between the National Preventive Mechanism and relevant ministries dealing with the protection of rights of people with mental disabilities.
The event is jointly organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Serbian Ombudsman as part of its mandate as the National Preventive Mechanism for preventing torture, established in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture.
The conference will gather representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy, civil society and international organizations as well as directors of psychiatric and social-care institutions.