Human rights framework for restraint
‘Restraint’ is an act carried out with the purpose of restricting an individual’s movement, liberty and/or freedom to act independently. 3. Restraint includes chemical, mechanical and physical forms of control, coercion and ... it may be described as seclusion, segregation, separation, time out or solitary confinement.
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