Certain forms of abuses in health-care settings that may cross a threshold of mistreatment that is tantamount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2013, para. 43
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The numerous calls by various international and regional organizations to close compulsory drug detention centres, as well as the numerous injunctions and recommendations contained in the recently released guidelines by WHO on pharmacotherapy for opiate dependence, the UNODC policy guidance on the organization's human rights responsibilities in drug detention centres, and resolutions by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, are routinely ignored. These centres continue to operate often with direct or indirect support and assistance from international donors without any adequate human rights oversight.
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment