5.2.1.
5.2.2.
5.2.3.
5.2.4.
5.3.
Placement of a person in a hospital within the frames of
criminal proceedings cannot be an end in itself: it shall
pursue the aim of treating the person or providing
inpatient care to the person. Hence, the legislation
should clarify the provision of treatment or inpatient care
when a person who committed a criminal act in a state of
criminal insanity is placed in a psychiatric hospital as a
security measure.
The Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia
should prescribe a mechanism for regular judicial review
of the security measure of placement in a psychiatric
hospital.
Whenever a patient no longer needs coercive treatment,
or when such treatment can be provided in a general or
outpatient setting, measures shall be taken to secure that
a court motion for reviewing the medical coercive
measure is lodged by the relevant psychiatric
organization.
Court motions for reviewing medical coercive measures,
which are lodged by psychiatric organizations, shall be
dealt with diligently and shall be subject to appropriate
oversight.
Voluntary and Involuntary Treatment in a Psychiatric
Organization
5.3.1.
A person admitted to a psychiatric organization based on
his application or his lawful representative’s application
(i.e. voluntarily) shall be informed about his rights,
including the right to give consent to treatment and the
right to refuse treatment at any time, as well as the
involuntary treatment procedure.
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