Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Eire) - Supreme Court

Date: 05/28/2009

Subject: The Court, in the light of the ECHR, deems unreceivable the claim lodged against sections 23 and 24 of the Mental Health Act, concerning the “voluntary detention” of mentally ill persons, because exclusively grounded on purely technical reasons.

Original language: Irish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Informed consent - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care - Medical treatments - ING cure mediche - Justice - Art. 47 Justice: effective - General provisions - Art. 52 Scope of guaranteed rights - Art. 53 Level of protection - Art. 54 Prohibition of abuse of rights

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