6. The Assembly recalls that human rights do not exist in a vacuum. As such, States’ obligations towardsfulfilment of mental health includes both immediate obligations and requirements to undertake deliberate,concrete and targeted actions to progressively realise other obligations. The Assembly joins the UnitedNations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard ofphysical and mental health in urging States to use appropriate indicators and benchmarks to monitor progresson mental health, with indicators to be disaggregated by factors including sexual orientation, gender identity,age, race, ethnicity, disability and socio-economic status.

7. In light of these considerations, the Assembly recommends that the Council of Europe member States:

7.1. build up strong health systems at national level and mainstream mental health across all policiesby:

7.1.1. allocating the necessary funding to establish a well-functioning, human rights-compliant mental health system and ensure the appropriate training of mental health professionals;

7.1.2. decentralising health-care services, so that people get timely mental health care that meets their individual needs regardless of where they live;

7.1.3. implementing universal health coverage, thus removing financial barriers to mental health care, ensuring that everybody has access to these services, irrespective of their socio-economic status, ethnic background, sexual orientation, gender identity or legal status;

7.1.4. integrating mental health into primary and community-based services and treating mental health with the same attention and seriousness as physical health;

7.1.5. simplifying administrative procedures and bureaucratic processes to make them more user-friendly and provide better information to users and their carers on their rights;

7.1.6. offering holistic, multisectoral and low-threshold mental health care services, such as drop-in centres, community-based programmes, peer support, and phone and chat services;

7.1.7. implementing the necessary educational reforms and campaigns in order to end the stigma and misinformation associated with mental health issues, in collaboration with trusted persons and organisations in communities where this is the case;

7.1.8. providing appropriate mental health first-aid training in hospitals, schools and universities, workplaces, prisons and detention centres, and law enforcement;

7.1.9. designing targeted and inclusive health services that meet the needs of underserved communities, in particular refugees and migrants, persons with disabilities and LGBTQI+ youth;

7.1.10. providing appropriate and necessary information, training, support and relief to families of young people struggling with mental health problems, including siblings, parents and other carers;

7.1.11. providing educational resources related to mental health to children, adolescents and young adults, as well as to their parents or other carers, in order to ensure the timely detection of mental health problems and provide information on how to maintain good mental health;

7.1.12. quickly responding to crises and emergency situations, including, but not limited to, wars, forced displacements and natural disasters, and developing national strategies on how to best support the mental health and well-being of children and young adults in such circumstances;

7.1.13. performing vulnerability screenings of refugees and asylum seekers and following the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) handbook on interpretation in asylum interviews; children should never be made to interpret the traumata of their parents;

7.2. take action to address other concerns that impact the mental health and well-being of children and young adults by:

7.2.1. ensuring equitable access to quality education to children and young adults, and meaningful work for young persons;

component of health and a human rights development imperative. Good mental health is a cornerstone for the achievement of many goals in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Moreover, the Assembly underlines the critical importance of reducing stigma and shame associated with mental health problems.

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