GENEVA (28 May 2021) —UN human rights experts call upon the Council of Europe to withdraw the draft Additional Protocol to the Oviedo Convention. This Additional Protocol maintains an approach to mental health policy and practice that is based .
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The falsification of medical products and other similar crimes effectively deny patients the necessary medical treatment and are harmful to the health of individuals, sometimes leading to death. In addition, the circulation of counterfeit (or falsified) medical products undermines public confidence in healthcare systems.
In response to this global threat, the Council of Europe has drawn up the first international treaty against counterfeit medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health, the MEDICRIME Convention. The Convention establishes several offences such as the manufacturing, supplying, offering to supply and trafficking in counterfeit medical products, as well as the unauthorised manufacturing or su