The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 31
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The present report concerns compulsory treatment programmes that primarily utilize disciplinary interventions, disregarding medical evidence. In such settings, medical professionals who are trained to manage drug dependence disorders as medical illnesses are often inaccessible. Forced labour, solitary confinement and experimental treatments administered without consent violate international human rights law and are illegitimate substitutes for evidence-based measures such as substitution therapy, psychological interventions and other forms of treatment given with full, informed consent.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
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Equality & Inclusion
Health
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2010
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/255, para. 31.