[In connection to substance use and drug control, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Seek alternatives to punitive or repressive drug control policies, including decriminalization and legal regulation and control, and nurture the international debate on these issues, within which the right to health must remain central;
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/32, para. 114b.