Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- Part III Status Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- The Right to Bodily Integrity
- The Right to Mental Integrity
- 30 The Nascent Right to Psychological Integrity and Mental Self-Determination
- 31 Critical Reflections on the Need for a Right to Mental Self-Determination
- Rights Relating to Enforced Disappearance
- The Right to Diplomatic and Consular Protection
- Part VI Governance Rights
- Index
31 - Critical Reflections on the Need for a Right to Mental Self-Determination
from The Right to Mental Integrity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- Part III Status Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- The Right to Bodily Integrity
- The Right to Mental Integrity
- 30 The Nascent Right to Psychological Integrity and Mental Self-Determination
- 31 Critical Reflections on the Need for a Right to Mental Self-Determination
- Rights Relating to Enforced Disappearance
- The Right to Diplomatic and Consular Protection
- Part VI Governance Rights
- Index
Summary
Christoph Bublitz’s proposal that there is a need for a new right to mental self-determination, which he defines broadly as ‘the right to self-determine what is in and on one’s mind … consist[ing] of claims against others to not-interfere with minds of right holders, by either factually altering minds or by imposing legal duties pertaining to them’, is interesting and thought-provoking. As he explains, no explicit right to mental self-determination currently exists. Even though other rights, such as the right to mental integrity, the right to private life and freedom of thought, conscience, religion and opinion protect aspects of such a right, Bublitz argues that there are some gaps in protection that need addressing through a new self-standing right to mental self-determination.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human RightsRecognition, Novelty, Rhetoric, pp. 404 - 412Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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