A v. New Zealand
Country: New ZealandYear: 1999
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: CCPR/C/66/D/754/1997
Facts:
Tags: access to justice, Arbitrary detention, Assault, Compulsory treatment, Detention, discrimination, Freedom of Thought, Health information, Imprisonment, Mental health, Mental illness, Paranoia, PsychiatryThe applicant, “A” (name withheld in decision), was born in December 1955. “A” had one prior criminal conviction for threatening to damage property of Television New Zealand and was sentenced in October 1982 to one year probation. He was arrested again in October 1983 for harassing a young woman (B, name withheld) whom he had …Read more
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