The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 58
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The United Nations has declared that outreach activities, needle and syringe programmes and evidence-based drug dependence treatment (including OST) should be implemented to minimize the risk of transmission of HIV among those who use drugs. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognized that harm reduction forms a central part of national responses to illicit drug dependence and it has made recommendations to States Parties. The Human Rights Council, in resolution 12/27, also recognized the need for "a comprehensive package of services for injecting drug users, including harm-reduction programmes in relation to HIV".
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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
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Health
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2010
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/255, para. 58.