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�CCHR has been responsible for many great reforms��
Erica-Irene Daes, Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Commission:
�The main task of CCHR has been to achieve reform in the field of
mental health and the preservation of the rights of individuals
under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCHR has been responsible
for many great reforms. At least 30 bills [now more than 115] throughout
the world, which would otherwise have inhibited even more the rights
of patients, or would have given psychiatry the power to commit
minority groups and individuals against their will, have been defeated
by CCHR actions.�
Robert Butcher, Barrister and Solicitor, Western Australia: �I have
worked with CCHR for 24 years and I know them to be a dedicated organization
working to achieve better legal rights for people with mental illness.
CCHR has written submissions to government on mental health law reform,
raised public awareness about mental health issues and has encouraged
and activated others in their effective efforts to bring about a better,
fairer and more workable system.�
Jonathan Lubell, New York attorney, former president of the National Lawyers
Guild, New York City Chapter:
�I had become familiar with the work of CCHR in the human rights area as it
pertains to psychiatric misconduct. � I found CCHR to be unrelenting in its
efforts to expose the wrongdoers and to assure the end of their activities.
CCHR�s efforts to defend the victims of this misconduct and abuse have been
impressive. Finally, it is clear beyond question that principles based upon
concern for human rights motivates CCHR.�
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