NEWS & RESOURCES // Global
March 9, 2012
Twelve United Nations entities have issued a joint statement calling for the closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers. The existence of such centers often leads to human rights abuses and threatens the health of detainees.
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compulsory detention, Drug Policy, drug treatment, drug users, sex workers, UNAIDS, United Nations, World Health Organization
January 23, 2012
An opinion piece published in the journal Addiction recounts the litany of abuses at government-run compulsory drug treatment centers inflicted upon people who are suspected of using illicit drugs.
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December 1, 2011
This INTERIGHTS Bulletin provides a comprehensive overview of torture in health care focusing firmly on accountability, particularly in respect of hidden abuses suffered by some of the most vulnerable and marginalized members of society.
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compulsory detention, drug treatment, pain relief, reproductive rights, sex workers, tuberculosis, United Nations
November 2, 2011
This briefing paper produced as part of the Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care outlines various international human rights standards that prohibit forced sterilization of women and girls with disabilities. It also offers several recommendations for improving laws, policies, and professional guidelines governing sterilization practices.
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forced sterilization, girls, intellectual disabilities, mental disabilities, physical disabilities, reproductive rights, women
October 31, 2011
A new UN report argues that the right to sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental part of the right to health. It also reaffirms that forced sterilization is a serious rights violation.
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October 24, 2011
At its 62nd General Assembly meeting, the World Medical Association passed a resolution aimed at improving pain treatment for millions of people suffering from untreated pain despite the existence of effective, low-cost pain medications.
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