If it's any help, people, including children, can appeal to the UN when their rights have been ignored:
http://www.savethechildren.net/what-we-do/child-rights-governance
normally that body is a bit useless, but it could be worth trying, since US courts are also being backwards.
This is a possible avenue for Katrina, too, and the others.
Please allow me to preface the following UN info by saying that I understand that the group, CCHR is questioned bc of funding by the Church of Scientology. I am not a Scientologist (sp??). I see that CCHR can be sensational and is not an academic source. If anyone sees info that is incorrect, please of course say.
That said, this* CCHR link mentions Pelletier and another tragic case. But brings up the UN as well, and I too wondered how it might apply to Karina Hansen. I haven't looked further into or checked this info, but for what it's worth I'll list what caught my eye - should it prove helpful.
"2013 United Nations special report on Torture and Other Cruel or Degrading Treatment or Punishment...
The 2013 UN special report clearly identifies human rights violations such as:
1. “[M]edical treatments of an intrusive and irreversible nature, when lacking a therapeutic purpose may constitute torture or ill-treatment when enforced or administered without the free and informed consent of the person concerned.
2. “Medical care that causes severe suffering for no justifiable reason can be considered cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and if there is State involvement and specific intent, it is torture.
3. “Forced interventions, often wrongfully justified by theories of incapacity and therapeutic necessity [are] inconsistent with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
4. “[D]eprivation of liberty that is based on the grounds of a disability and that inflicts severe pain or suffering could fall under the scope of the Convention against Torture. In making such an assessment, factors such as fear and anxiety produced by indefinite detention, the infliction of forced medication or electroshock, the use of restraints and seclusion, the segregation from family and community, etc., should be taken into account.”
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http://www.cchrint.org/2014/03/18/p...ive-services-abducting-and-drugging-children/