Welcome to the 21st WCP Virtual Congress Program Scheduling

Introduction: Human Rights play an increasingly important role also in mental health, though most health care workers including those active in mental health are often not aware of relevant challenges, solutions, and standards. Methodology: The symposium will give a state-of-the-art overview of the relevant standards and examples for their use in practical situations. Relevant areas in mental health care include that of equality of access to health, the protection, and support of survivors of severe human rights violations, issues of gender and LGBT-related challenges, situations where persons have been deprived of liberty including prisons, pretrial detention, and refugee camps, and of research ethics under repressive regimes. Special factors such as the present COVID pandemic will be considered in regard to their impact on the above situations. Special considerations will be given to the practical implication of UN and WMA standards, and of programs to implement them. Summary: the symposium will bring important information on standards all Psychiatrists might face in their practical work but are frequently underrepresented in medical curricula and CME programs.