The standardization and undertakings for recognition and respect of human rights dates back torn1948 with the adoption of the UDHR. The understanding towards the universality of humanrnrights is reached relatively later at the third World Human Rights Conference in Vienna in 1993.rnDespite this, until recently, little attention has been afforded to addressing the serious humanrnrights violations suffered by PWDs. In response to the long reigned neglect and the advocacyrnworks by different caucus of the disabilities movement, in 2006, a separate Convention wasrnagreed at the UN level, the CRPD, which culminated the efforts of many stakeholders to bringrnabout a new dawn for PWDs.rnPWMDs are among this group of people who are vulnerable groups and have been victims ofrnhuman rights violations based on their disabilities. The grossly inadequate budget allocated tornmental health compared to the burden it caused on the global burden of disease and disabilityrnevidences how these group of people are forgotten globally and at a national level. This has farrnreaching implications on their human rights. The institutions extending care for PWMDs havernbeen places of perpetration of various human rights violations.rnIn the above respect, Ethiopia is not a different country. With 15-17% of the total burden ofrndiseases is caused by mental illness, it is seriously a concern to allocate an insignificant budget tornthe field. This is exacerbated due to the lack of neither any mental health law nor a policy for thernprotection of the rights of PWMDs, either any body to safeguard their conditions in psychiatricrnfacilities. These people are thus suffering from various forms of human rights violations behindrnclosed doors in addition to the lack of access to mental health services.rnThis study is therefore an effort to show the right of PWMDs to access mental health servicesrnand to show the human rights implications of the situation, in Ethiopia on the rights of PWMDs.rnMoreover, the human rights conditions at the psychiatric settings are also addressed in this study.Key words: persons with mental disabilities, human rights and mental health, access to mentalrnhealth and psychiatric care, human rights conditions in psychiatric facilities in Ethiopia