{"id":5620,"date":"2026-06-02T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/?post_type=actualite&#038;p=5620"},"modified":"2026-10-02T04:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:27:10","slug":"agir-avant-la-crise-pour-une-approche-fondee-sur-les-droits-et-la-proximite","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/article\/agir-avant-la-crise-pour-une-approche-fondee-sur-les-droits-et-la-proximite\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Before the Crisis: For a Human Rights-Based and Community-Centred Approach"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors of the World Canada will be heard today at 8:20 PM before the Regroupement des ressources alternatives en sant\u00e9 mentale du Qu\u00e9bec (RRAMSQ) by the Health and Social Services Commission of the Quebec National Assembly as part of the special consultations on Bill 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5225,"template":"","actualite_type":[8],"actualite_sujet":[],"action_combat":[46,38],"mdm_pays":[],"class_list":["post-5620","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualite_type-national-actions","action_combat-mental-health","action_combat-precarity"],"acf":{"mise_en_avant":false,"chapeau":"Doctors of the World Canada will be heard today at 8:20 PM before the Regroupement des ressources alternatives en sant\u00e9 mentale du Qu\u00e9bec (RRAMSQ) by the Health and Social Services Commission of the Quebec National Assembly as part of the special consultations on Bill 23.","cta_type":"aucun","cta_lien":"","contenu":"<h2>A Brief to Defend the Rights of Persons with Mental Health Issues<\/h2>\r\nOn this occasion, we will present the main points of our brief entitled <em>\"Acting Before the Crisis: For a Human Rights-Based and Community-Centred Approach\"<\/em>. This document expresses our concerns regarding the expansion of coercive measures in mental health and <strong>we advocate for the strengthening of community-based, primary and outreach services<\/strong>.\r\n<h2>Opposition to Bill 23<\/h2>\r\nDoctors of the World Canada, along with its partners, is asking the government not to adopt this bill, <strong>which goes against evidence-based data, expert recommendations, and global standards<\/strong> in this area.\r\n\r\n<strong>If the bill were to be adopted<\/strong>, Doctors of the World Canada is calling for significant amendments to limit its most harmful effects on vulnerable persons.\r\n<h3>Key Recommendations:<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Maintaining a high threshold of dangerousness for any use of coercive measures<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Implementing safeguards and equity mechanisms to prevent profiling and discrimination<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Strengthening community and primary care services as an alternative to coercion<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Respecting the fundamental rights of persons living with mental health issues<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/uploads\/M\u00e9moire-M\u00e9decins-du-Monde-Canada-PL23.pdf\">READ THE BRIEF HERE<\/a>","temps_lecture":1,"legende_couverture":"","signature_nom":"Doctors of the World Canada","signature_role":"","signature_initiales":"DWC","signature_avatar":"","communique_lien":[],"communique_libelle":"","encadre_titre":"Key Information","encadre_texte":"","partenaires_titre":"With the support of","partenaires":null,"reseaux_partage":["facebook","twitter","linkedin","email","copy"],"evenement_date":null,"evenement_type":"","evenement_lieu":"","evenement_inscription":"","presse_afficher":false,"presse_surtitre":"Press Release"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/5620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualite"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/5620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5624,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/5620\/revisions\/5624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"actualite_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite_type?post=5620"},{"taxonomy":"actualite_sujet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite_sujet?post=5620"},{"taxonomy":"action_combat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_combat?post=5620"},{"taxonomy":"mdm_pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mdm_pays?post=5620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}