Example 8: Encouraging implementation of CESCR recommendations on opioid substitution treatment in Russia Project Type: Advocacy and Litigation The Organization Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice E-mail: Rylkov.foundation@gmail.com Website: http://en.rylkov-fond.org/ (English) The Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice (ARF) is a non-profit organization incorporated in the Russian Federation in September 2009. The aim of ARF is to develop and promote a “humane drug policy based on tolerance, protection…
Example 9: Methadone maintenance treatment in Alberta prisons
Example 9: Methadone maintenance treatment in Alberta prisons Milton Cardinal v. The Director of the Edmonton Remand Centre and the Director of the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre Project Type: Litigation Organization This is an example of an individual bringing an action to challenge a human rights abuse. “That [denial of MMT] was wrong . . . . They have no right to torture your client, none whatsoever. It’s almost like keeping food…
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Harm Reduction Resources
Harm Reduction Resources A. International Instruments Nonbinding UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 3: HIV/AIDS and the Rights of the Child, CRC/GC/2003/3 (March 17, 2003). www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/comments.htm. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 10: Children’s Rights in Juvenile Justice, CRC/C/GC/10 (April 25, 2007). www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/comments.htm. UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Standard Minimum Rules for the…
Harm Reduction Key Terms
Harm Reduction Key Terms A Addiction A commonly used term that describes a pattern of drug use indicating physical or mental dependence. It is not a diagnostic term and is no longer used by the World Health Organization (WHO). Advocacy Harm reduction efforts often include an advocacy component, which may involve lobbying for drug users’ rights, or for funding for harm reduction programs, or trying to change public perception of…