The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 13
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Although the drug control bodies rarely have engaged in constructive human rights-related discussions in the past, recently there has been a welcome shift towards incorporating human rights-based approaches into their work. UNODC has examined ways in which drug control can be synchronized better with the protection of human rights, and the President of the International Narcotics Control Board recently met informally for the first time with civil society representatives. The Commission on Narcotic Drugs also adopted a resolution concerning the promotion of human rights in implementing the international drug control treaties, and has considered the issues of HIV/AIDS and access to medicines in other resolutions. Nevertheless, it is clear that significantly more must be done to make human rights central to drug control.
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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
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Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
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Governance & Rule of Law
Health
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Year
2010
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/255, para. 13.