Event Details

New Zealand's mental health legislation is out of step with New Zealand's commitments to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This webinar will be presented by Associate Professors Sarah Gordon (Lived Experience Academic) and Giles Newton-Howe (Psychiatrist) and will cover their legal challenge to our current legislation, and the implications of that challenge for reform of our legislation.

Speakers

  • SE

    Sarah E Gordon

    Associate Professor at University of Otago, Christchurch

  • GN

    Giles Newton Howes

    University of Otago, Christchurch

  • Anthony O'Brien (Associate Professor at The University of Waikato)

    Anthony O'Brien

    Associate Professor at The University of Waikato