Your rights matter.

Your ideas matter.

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We want to learn from people who have successfully identified and utilised their human rights in mental health and other support settings. These stories can help us understand what works and how to support others to do the same.

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This survey closes on Friday 6 March 2026​

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The purpose of this survey is to collect ideas on how people can identify and access their human rights when they interact with mental health and other support services. We intend to use the results to help build information resources about identifying and utilising human rights that we can share with the community.

 

This is a survey for people 15 years and over with mental health challenges or with lived experience of caring for family members with mental health challenges. If you are under the age of 15 years, we request that you seek permission from a parent or guardian before answering the survey. The survey has eight questions and is estimated to take between five and 30 minutes to complete.  It asks five basic background questions such as your age range and gender identity. It then asks you to describe an example of when your human rights were respected and what made this so. You can also choose to share a situation where your rights were not upheld — but this is optional. We understand that these experiences can be distressing, and we want to ensure your wellbeing is supported.

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The team undertaking this project are lived-living experience representatives from Lived Experience Australia who are working on a project called 'How to Claim Your Human Rights' funded through an Information, Linkages and Capacity (ILC) grant managed by human rights organisation B-HART.

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What are mental health human rights?

People with mental health challenges and their families, and close supports have the right to: 

• the highest attainable standard of mental health

• not be discriminated against because of mental health challenges

• access quality mental health services, treatment, and support

• be treated with respect, dignity, and have privacy protected

• access legal support, a fair hearing, and the right to appeal decisions related to mental health care

• be treated in an environment that is the least restrictive but supports safety and well-being

• participate equally in, and be informed about, care and treatment options

• an equal voice in decisions relating in all care planning decisions.

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The survey is optional, and you can choose to participate in as many or as few questions as you would like to. 

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You can read more about the survey via the link below.

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Easy read survey option available  

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The ethical aspects of this research project are aligned with Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) requirements.