Human rights and scientific and technological developments.

UN Commission on Human Rights (38th sess. : 1982 : Geneva), Human rights and scientific and technological developments., E/CN.4/RES/1982/6, UN Commission on Human Rights, 19 February 1982, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unchr/1982/en/28769 [accessed 24 March 2025]
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1982/6. Human rights and scientific and technological developments[1]23

The Commission on Human Rights Recalling General Assembly resolution 33/53 of 14 December 1978, by which the Commission on human rights was requested to urge the Sub Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to undertake, as a matter of priority, a study of the question of the protection of those detained on the grounds of mental ill-health with a view to formulating guidelines, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 36/56 B of 25 November 1981, by which the Commission on Human Rights was requested to continue its consideration of this question, in the light of the action being taken by the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, with a view to submitting a report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session through the Economic and Social Council, Recalling further its resolution 10 A (XXXIII) of 11 March 1977, in which it requested the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to study this question, Taking note of resolution 20 (XXXIV) of 10 September 1981 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, in which the Sub-Commission expressed its deepest appreciation and thanks to its Rapporteur, Mrs. Erica-Irene Daes, for her preliminary report,[2]24 and requested her to submit her final report, including a draft body of guidelines, principles and guarantees, to the Sub-Commission at its thirty-fifth session, Noting with appreciation the preliminary report by Mrs. Erica-Irene Daes, Convinced that detention of persons in mental institutions on account of their political views or on other non-medical grounds is a violation of their human rights,

1. Takes note with deep satisfaction of the work being undertaken by the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on this subject in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 33/53, 35/130 B and 36/56 B, and Commission on Human Rights resolution 10 A (XXXIII);

2. Requests the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, at its thirty-fifth session, to consider as a matter of high priority the Rapporteur's final report, with a view to submitting its views and recommendations, including a draft body of guidelines, principles and guarantees, to the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-ninth session;

3. Decides to consider the report on this subject by the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities as a matter of priority at its thirty-ninth session.


[1]23 Adopted at the 29th meeting on 19 February 1982, without a vote. See chap. XIII. [2]24 E/CN.4/Sub.2/474.
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