IHRA, Open Society Institute and Human Rights Watch - thematic briefs on human rights and drug policy

In 2010, Harm Reduction International, the Open Society Institute and Human Rights Watch, created a series of fact sheets on the human rights implications of anti-drug policies and practices. These briefings address serious human rights abuses that result from drug control efforts, including torture and ill treatment by police, mass incarceration, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, and denial of essential medicines and basic health services. These briefings are now available in Russian on the following topics:

• General overview: English / Russian / Spanish / Chinese
• Harm Reduction: English / Russian / Spanish / Chinese
• Drugs, Criminal Laws, and Policing Practices: English / Russian / Spanish / Chinese
• Harm Reduction in Places of Detention: English / Russian / Spanish / Chinese
• Compulsory Drug Treatment: English / Russian / Spanish / Chinese
• Controlled Essential Medicines: English / Russian / Spanish / Chinese
• Crop Eradication: English / Russian / Spanish / Chinese

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