Psychiatry, through the content and the specificity of healthcare, is
very close to the current paradigm of the human rights.
The main principles in forensic psychiatry are:
- the primacy of the human person over community needs;
- the primacy of the human individuality versus the universality of
scientific achievements;
-the fact that human rights arising from human behaviour can not be
restricted under the justification of general legitimacy, unless the law
expressly stipulates it;