Dear Minister: Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization, is concerned about the grave lack of respect for the basic human rights of people with mental disabilities in Bulgaria and is encouraging your office to assist the Bulgarian government in implementing reform of its mental health care system, in line with standards of international law and professional best practice. In response to the findings documented in Amnesty International's report, Bulgaria: Far from the eyes of …showed first 75 words of 317 total…

…showed last 75 words of 317 total…supervised by qualified health care staff; - Initiate a comprehensive monitoring of all psychiatric hospitals and social care homes by national authorities to determine - on an individual basis - how to bring each institution in line with standards of international law and professional best practice. Those institutions that cannot meet these standards will be closed permanently and the residents moved to adequate facilities. Thank you for your prompt attention to these recommendations. Yours sincerely,