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Citizens
Commission on Human Rights International
The Citizens Commission
on Human Rights (CCHR) was established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology
to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights, and to clean
up the field of mental healing. Today, it has more than 130 chapters in over
31 countries. Its board of advisors, called Commissioners, includes doctors,
lawyers, educators, artists, business professionals, and civil and human rights
representatives.
While it doesn�t provide
medical or legal advice, it works closely with and supports medical doctors
and medical practice. A key CCHR focus is psychiatry�s fraudulent use of subjective
�diagnoses� that lack any scientific or medical merit, but which are used to
reap financial benefits in the billions, mostly from the taxpayers or insurance
carriers. Based on these false diagnoses, psychiatrists justify and prescribe
life-damaging treatments, including mind-altering drugs, which mask a person�s
underlying difficulties and prevent his or her recovery.
CCHR�s work aligns with
the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particular the following precepts,
which psychiatrists violate on a daily basis:
Article 3:
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 5: No one
shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment.
Article 7:
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination
to equal protection of the law.
Through psychiatrists�
false diagnoses, stigmatizing labels, easy-seizure commitment laws, brutal,
depersonalizing �treatments,� thousands of individuals are harmed and denied
their inherent human rights.
CCHR has inspired and caused
many hundreds of reforms by testifying before legislative hearings and conducting
public hearings into psychiatric abuse, as well as working with media, law enforcement
and public officials the world over.
MISSION
STATEMENT
THE
CITIZENS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
investigates and exposes
psychiatric violations of human rights. It works shoulder-to-shoulder with
like-minded groups and individuals who share a common purpose to clean up
the field of mental health. We shall continue to do so until psychiatry�s
abusive and coercive practices cease and human rights and dignity are returned
to all.
Dr. Ben
Ngubane
Minister for Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, South Africa:
�I congratulate
CCHR for having identified the inhumanity inflicted on the mentally ill and
their untiring campaign to bring this to the world�s notice. As a country
and government, we will work with organizations such as CCHR seeking to protect
all citizens from the type of terror and oppression experienced by the major
ity of the citizens of South Africa during apartheid.�
The Hon.
Raymond N. Haynes
California State Assembly:
�CCHR is
renowned for its long-standing work aimed at preventing the inappropriate
labeling and drugging of children. � The contributions that the Citizens Commission
on Human Rights International has made to the local, national and international
areas on behalf of mental health issues are invaluable and reflect an organization
devoted to the highest ideals of mental health services.�
The
Hon. LeAnna Washington
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
�Whereas,
[CCHR] works to preserve the rights of individuals as defined by the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and to protect individuals from �cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment� � the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania congratulates
[CCHR International] � its noble humanitarian endeavors will long be remembered
and deeply appreciated.�
Bob
Simonds Th.D.
President, U.S. National Association of Christian Educators:
�We are
deeply grateful to CCHR for not only leading the fight to stop the criminal
psychiatric abuse of our public-school children, but for serving as a catalyst
to all religious, parent and medical groups to fight this abuse. Without CCHR�s
compelling research and credibility, these groups could not be as effective.�
For
further information:
CCHR
International
6616 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA, USA 90028
Telephone: (323) 467-4242, (800) 869-2247, Fax: (323) 467-3720
www.cchr.org, e-mail: [email protected]
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