QualityRights Training: Human Rights

The World Health Organization's (WHO) QualityRights initiative aims to improve the quality of care and support provided in social and mental health services, and to promote the human rights of people with psychosocial, intellectual or cognitive disabilities worldwide.

The training and guidance modules of the QualityRights initiative aim to increase knowledge, skills and understanding among key stakeholders on how to promote the rights of people with psychosocial, intellectual or cognitive disabilities, as well as improve the quality of services and support provided in the field of mental health and other related areas, in line with international human rights standards and, in particular, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the recovery approach.

This module, the first in a series of five core modules on quality and rights in mental health, human rights, and recovery, lays the foundation for those that follow. It explains what human rights are and what benefits they provide—or should provide—for everyone. Through a detailed examination of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it shows how different human rights are interconnected and how they are fundamental to our well-being and to living a good life.