1. UN General Assembly, Doc A/61/611.
2. See, eg., United Nations, Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness, General Assembly, resolution 46/119 of 17 December 1991; Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation concerning the Legal Protection of Incapable Adults, R 99(4), (1999);
3. Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation concerning the protection of the human rights and dignity of persons with mental disorder, R (2004)10, 2004.
4. For a consistent view, see Annual report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the General Assembly. A/HRC/10/49, presented 26 January 2009, para 48–9. See also UN, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ‘Persons with Disabilities’ Dignity and Justice for Detainees Week, Information Note No. 4, (2008) p. 2. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/60UDHR/detention_infonote_4.pdf. Accessed 26 July 09. interim report of the UN Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, published by UN General Assembly, A/63/175 (2008), para 64.
5. Annual report, A/HRC/10/49 at para 47.