Council of Europe Sets New Benchmark on Mental Health Autonomy — But Tensions with UN Disability Treaty Persist
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted on 17 June 2026 a new Recommendation on respect for autonomy in mental healthcare — the most comprehensive policy guidance the body has issued on the subject in more than two decades. Recommendation CM/Rec(2026)8 calls on all 46 member states to embed the principle of autonomy at […]
