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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

HUMAN RIGHTS WITH TINA MINKOWITZ!

Join us for a discussion on the United Nations perspective on forced and coercive psychiatric treatment.

January 29, 2015
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
CT Women's Consortium
2321 Whitney Avenue, Suite 401
Hamden, CT  06518
 
or
 
January 30, 2015
10:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Toivo
399 Franklin Ave.
Hartford, CT  06114

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Tina Minkowitz is president and founder of the Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry.  She is a lawyer as well as a survivor activist and represented the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry in the drafting and negotiation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD).  Ms. Minkowitz is internationally recognized as an expert on the CRPD and is credited with some of its most far-reaching provisions along with others who working together made it all possible.

RSVP via email to:
lientini@mindlink.org
adeonarine@mindlink.org
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