Monday March 16, 2009
Nations Should Reject UN Drug Policy
Human Rights watch
New 10-Year Plan Omits Critical Protections on HIV and Human Rights
The new UN Political Declaration on Drugs, designed to guide drug policy for the next 10 years, lacks critically important measures for treating and stemming the spread of HIV, Human Rights Watch, the International AIDS Society, and the International Harm Reduction Association said today.
The groups said that respect for human rights and HIV prevention should be at the heart of the policy, but that critical elements had been stripped from the final declaration.
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