UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (2017) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest standard of physical and mental health

This report provides an excellent contextual overview, conclusions and recommendations relevant to promoting mental health consistently with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The report challenges the biomedical approach, and clarifies how power imbalances and biased use of evidence have perpetuated a harmful approach to addressing mental health. The Special Rapporteur calls on all States to adopt a rights-based approach that moves mental health care and support out of institutions and into communities. The report ends with a series of conclusions and recommendations, including for international development cooperation.