Council of Europe

1. Recommendation 818 (1977) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the Situation of the mentally ill

• Recommendation (83) 2 of Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe concerning the legal protection of persons suffering from mental disorder placed as involuntary patients.
• Recommendation 1235 (1994) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Psychiatry and human rights.

United Nations

• UN Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (1971)
• UN Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care (1991)

World Medical Association

• Statement on Physicial Mental Health Care (2025)
• Statement on Ethical Issues Concerning Patients with Mental Illness (1995)

World Health Organization

• Mental Health Care Law: Ten Basic Principles (1996)

World Psychiatric Association

• The Declaration of Hawaii (1977)
• Declaration of Madrid on ethical standards for Psychiatric Practice (1996)