Crucial test for Europe
Category: General
Leokadija Lescika runs a rolling village store in the small Latvian town of Liepa, about 120 kilometers from the capital Riga. The scenically beautiful region, in the middle of the Gauja National Park, is characterized by a lack…
First broadcast: November 20, 2020 19:30 ARTE
Broadcast NDR television: March 20, 2021, 12:45 - 13:15 p.m.
Stanislav Vysotskyi is a juggler with heart and soul. Actually, the 37-year-old Ukrainian, who lives in Berlin, was supposed to perform together with 12 other artists in the current autumn show of the Krystallpalast Varieté in Leipzig. But on the day of the premiere, the news of the upcoming second lockdown reached them.
Is it permissible to commit people to psychiatric care because they pose a danger to themselves and others? Doesn't this forced admission violate the right to self-determination? And who decides on treatment against one's own will?
