CCHR Urges U.S. Reform as Global Court Momentum Builds Against Forced Psychiatry

CCHR Urges U.S. Reform as Global Court Momentum Builds Against Forced Psychiatry

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 16, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In what is being widely reported as a landmark human rights decision, Italy’s Constitutional Court in May 2025 struck down part of the country’s decades-old psychiatric law—Article 35 of Law 833/1978—declaring…

CCHR Urges U.S. Reform as Global Court Momentum Builds Against Forced Psychiatry - Send2Press Newswire

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 16, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In what is being widely reported as a landmark human rights decision, Italy’s Constitutional Court in May 2025 struck down part of the country’s decades-old psychiatric law—Article 35 of Law 833/1978—declaring some of its provisions for involuntary detainment unconstitutional. The ruling affirms that individuals subjected to compulsory psychiatric hospitalization must have the right to c…