A/HRC/RES/52/24
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 April 2023
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-second session
27 February–4 April 2023
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 4 April 2023
52/24.
Contribution of the Human Rights Council with regard to the human
rights implications of drug policy
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and other
relevant international human rights instruments,
Underscoring that the three main international drug control conventions, of 1961,
1971 and 1988, and other relevant international instruments constitute the cornerstone of the
international drug control system,
Reaffirming the targets and goals of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on
International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World
Drug Problem, reaffirming also the Joint Ministerial Statement of the 2014 high-level review
by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the implementation by Member States of the
Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated
and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem and the Ministerial Declaration
on Strengthening Our Actions at the National, Regional and International Levels to
Accelerate the Implementation of Our Joint Commitments to Address and Counter the World
Drug Problem, reaffirming further the outcome document of the thirtieth special session of
the General Assembly, held in 2016, entitled “Our joint commitment to effectively addressing
and countering the world drug problem”, in its entirety, and reiterating that the operational
recommendations contained therein are integrated, indivisible, multidisciplinary and
mutually reinforcing and are aimed at a comprehensive, integrated and balanced approach to
addressing and countering the world drug problem,
Reaffirming also its commitment to the goals and objectives of the three international
drug control conventions, which concern the health and welfare of humankind, recognizing
that human rights are an indispensable part of the international legal framework for the design
and implementation of drug policies, and reiterating the need to enhance national efforts and
international cooperation at all levels to promote measures that ensure the availability,
affordability and accessibility of internationally controlled narcotic drugs and psychotropic
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