Peculiarities of Legal Regulation of Involuntary Hospitalization of People with Mental Disorders

Valdas Benkunskas Abstract The article analyzes peculiarities of legal regulation of involuntary hospitalization of people with mental disorders in the context of Lithuania and other states. The analysis is based on jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and, especially, the criteria of legal involuntary hospitalization framed in the case Winterwerp v. Netherlands in…