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Winterwerp: the evidence required before psychiatric detention
Winterwerp v. Netherlands sets three conditions for lawful detention of "persons of unsound mind": objective medical expertise, a disorder warranting confinement, and persistence of the disorder
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International comparison register · Batch 1
- Country / period
- Council of Europe
- Mechanism
- Winterwerp v. Netherlands sets three conditions for lawful detention of "persons of unsound mind": objective medical expertise, a disorder warranting confinement, and persistence of the disorder
- Documentation and status
- SUPPORTED (standard citation: ECtHR 24 Oct 1979, App. 6301/73)
- Similarity to California
- Comparable to Addington / O'Connor minimums
- Difference from California
- Supranational court review of national practice; no US equivalent
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Reference and provenance
1979-ECHR-WINTERWERP