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Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Policies, strategies, and action plansResponsible ministries: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
  The Committee recommends that the State party address the disproportionate percentage of women receiving the State minimum pension and take remedial measures to even out …

Recommended measures (3)

• Type of action: ResourcesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should ensure sufficient numbers of midwives to provide appropriate health-care services to women during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period and to …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResourcesConsultationResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care ServicesMinistry of Labour and Social AffairsMinistry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should ensure that all Sami women are provided with adequate health care and social services, including by disseminating more information about the …
• Type of action: Statistics and researchResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should provide the Committee with information and data on the health situation of Sami women and on the impact of the measures …

Recommended measures (6)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should ensure that prisoners with mental health conditions receive adequate mental health care, including through transferral to an appropriate medical establishment.
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should ensure that treatment is based on the free and informed consent of the individual concerned or his or her legal representative.
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should incorporate into the law the prohibition of the enforced administration of intrusive and irreversible treatments such as neuroleptic drugs and electroconvulsive …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should introduce stricter procedural requirements for the use of coercive measures to ensure that persons with psychosocial disabilities and older persons under …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should increase community-based services, including peer support and other alternatives to the medical model for persons with psychosocial disabilities.
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesStatistics and researchResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should ensure the systematic record on the use of coercive measures in accordance with legal requirements.

Recommended measures (2)

• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should prohibit the forced administration of intrusive and irreversible treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy.
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsPractices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should establish clear and effective procedural guarantees for persons with disabilities, including provisions in law for supported decision-making and effective complaint mechanisms, …

Recommended measures (10)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should ensure that every competent patient, whether admitted voluntarily or involuntarily, is fully informed about the treatment to be prescribed, including shielding, …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should promote psychiatric care aimed at preserving the dignity of patients, both adults and minors, and continue its efforts to end the …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesLaws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should employ coercive measures in mental health care only in compliance with human rights standards and prescribe by law any derogations to …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesStatistics and researchResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should ensure that non-consensual coercive measures are formally registered and patients are informed about them in writing.
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should ensure that non-consensual psychiatric treatment, if applied at all, is only used in exceptional cases as a measure of last resort, …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should provide clear and detailed regulations on the use of restraints, including restraint beds, and other coercive methods in psychiatric institutions, with …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResourcesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should establish clear and effective procedural safeguards for patients, including provisions in law for assisted decision-making by proxy and effective complaints mechanisms, …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsStatistics and researchResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should strengthen the regulatory framework and stipulate in law the circumstances allowing for the limited use of coercive electroconvulsive treatment, and establish …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should consider incorporating into law the abolition of the enforced administration of intrusive and irreversible treatments, such as electroconvulsive therapy.
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResourcesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should provide redress and rehabilitation to persons subjected to abusive and arbitrary non-consensual psychiatric treatment without procedural safeguards and independent supervision.

Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Laws and regulationsPractices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should guarantee in law that non-consensual psychiatric treatment may only be applied, if at all, in exceptional cases as a measure of …

Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsMinistry of Culture
  The Committee recommends that the State party fully implement the National Inclusion Initiative and take the measures tailored to specific needs of persons with disabilities …

Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Culture
  The Committee recommends that the State party take all steps necessary to secure and promote inclusive and accessible facilities for recreational, leisure and sporting activities, …

Recommended measures (2)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should ensure that electoral procedures, facilities and materials are inclusive of and accessible to all persons with disabilities, including by providing materials …
• Type of action: Awareness-raising and disseminationPolicies, strategies, and action plansResponsible ministries: Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should promote the participation of persons with disabilities, including women with disabilities, in political life and public decision-making with measurable targets and …

Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
  The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that social protection policies and programmes ensure the necessary income levels by taking into account the additional …