The aim of the human rights foundation ReDo is to work against infringements, abuse, and coercion in the mental health system and to strengthen the human rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).Work is centred on documentation of human rights violations in the mental health system and support for strategic litigation.
ReDo organizes an annual conference where a human rights award is given. This year’s conference focuses on ending psychiatric coercion and remedies and reparations needed for these human rights violations, and is co-organized by WSO - We Shall Overcome, Norway.
The conference language is English.
Topics that will be covered at the conference
Human rights standards relevant for ending psychiatric coercion & reparations
Severity of human rights violations and harm done
Legal reforms to end psychiatric coercion
Access to justice, effective remedies and reparations – the important role of the courts
Strategic litigation & way forward (European Court of Human Rights & other regional human rights bodies, UN treaty bodies, regional and global perspectives)
Speakers
Dr. Muhannad Alazzeh, Member of the UN committee for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), International legal and human rights commissioned expert, Jordan
Dainius Pūras, Professor, Vilnius University, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Lithuania
Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 2011 – 2020, Professor of Law, the Catholic University of Lisbon, Portugal
Timothy Fish Hodgson, Legal Advisor, International Commission of Jurists, South-Africa
Carlos Rios Espinosa, Human Rights Watch (HRW), former member of the UN CRPD Committee, Mexico
Tina Minkowitz, Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (CHRUSP), USA
Alberto Vasquez, Co-director, Center for Inclusive Policy (CIP), Switzerland
Oh-yong Kweon, Yein Law Office, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP), South Korea
Steven Allen, Executive Director, Validity Foundation, Hungary
Jennifer Wairimu, Litigation Officer, Validity Foundation, Kenya
Inger-Mari Eidsvik, survivor of forced psychiatry, practitioner in an outpatient clinic for interdisciplinary specialized substance abuse treatment, clinic for mental health care and substance abuse, Norway
Olga Kalina, Chair European Network of (Ex)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, Georgia
Diana Sheinbaum Lerner, Coordinator of the Disability and Justice Program, Documenta, Mexico
More speakers and full program to come at www.redo.no
The conference is open for digital participation in passive mode.
