INTERNATIONALLEGALLAWS FORTHE PROTECTIONAND REALIZATION OFRIGHTS OFPERSONS WITH MENTALDISORDERS

The legal regulation of the persons with mental disabilities their support primarily fnds in internationallegal acts of which provisions each state by their free determination incorporate into their regulations and coordinate them with the national legal norms. The persons with the mental disabilities are the persons with some degree of mental retardation who in greater or lesser extent are not able to independently take care of the realization and protection of their rights. Bosnia and Herzegovina, though it is a signatory of a great number of the international legal acts for the protection of the persons with mental disabilities, contrary to the international modern standards, has a very few institutes in which are placed in theaforementioned persons, in order to be treated, rehabilitated and engaged in the social life.