24 May 1984

Meeting 20

Principles, guidelines and guarantees for the protection of persons detained on grounds of mental ill-health or suffering from mental disorder

The Economic and Social Council,

Mindful of resolution 1983/39 of 7 September 1983 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and Commission on Human Rights resolution 1984/47 of 13 March 1984,

1. Expresses its deep appreciation to the Special Rapporteur, Mrs.

Erica-Irene A. Daes, for her work in preparing her report on principles, guidelines and guarantees for the protection of persons detained on grounds of mental ill-health or suffering from mental disorder;

2. Requests the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to establish a sessional working group and to allocate to it appropriate time and facilities for a further examination, as a matter of high priority, of the draft body of principles, guidelines and guarantees annexed to the report of the Special Rapporteur and to submit the draft body of principles, guidelines and guarantees to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-second session.