Format:
1 Online-Ressource (200 Seiten)
Edition:
2014
ISBN:
9781474203197
,
9781509901128
,
9781509901135
Series Statement:
Studies in international law volume 59
Content:
Introduction -- Legal standards and regimes -- UNGASS and developments in Latin America -- Drug control : violating human rights? -- Mandated treatment and drug courts -- The "right to abuse drugs" -- Afterword : views of the author.
Content:
It has become almost accepted knowledge within international policy circles that efforts against drug trafficking and drug abuse violate human rights, and that the entire international drug control regime needs to be changed (or even discarded altogether) to adopt a more 'rights respecting' approach. Though this view has been promoted by many prominent figures and organisations, the author of this book uses his expertise in both human rights and drug control to show that the arguments advanced in this area do not stand close scrutiny. The arguments are in fact based on selective and questionable interpretations of international human rights standards, and on a general notion - more and more clearly stated - that there is a human right to take drugs, and that any effort to combat drug abuse by definition violates this right. There is no such right in international law, and the author objects to the misuse of human rights language as a marketing tool to bring about a 'back door' legalisation of drugs. Human rights issues must be addressed, but that in no way means that the international drug control regime must be discarded, or that efforts against drugs must be stopped
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781849467063
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Takahashi, Saul Human rights and drug control Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2016 ISBN 9781849467063
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Drogenkonsum
;
Drogenmissbrauch
;
Drogenabhängigkeit
;
Kontrolle
;
Regulierung
;
Menschenrecht
;
Bürgerrecht
;
Internationaler Vergleich
DOI:
10.5040/9781474203197
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