Andrey Rylkov Foundation inputed to the UNGASS 2016

In May 2015 members of the Russian Civil Society Mechanism for Monitoring of Drug Policy Reforms in Russia, with technical assistance of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network drafted and submitted to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights a paper named “Russian Drug Policy as a Distorting Reflection of the UN Drug Conventions: Stigmatizing Language, Overreliance on Punitive Restrictions, Indifference to Human Rights, and Obliteration of Science“.

This paper was submitted in a response to the request from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the input regarding any relevant information with regard to the implementation of the resolution A/HRC/28/L.22 – a special resolution of the Human Rights Council on the contribution of the Human Rights Council to the special session of the General Assembly (UNGASS) on the world drug problem of 2016.

At paragraph 1 of this resolution the Human Rights Council requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a study, in consultation with States, United Nations agencies and other relevant stakeholders, to be presented to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session, on the impact of the world drug problem on the enjoyment of human rights, and recommendations on respect for and the protection and promotion of human rights in the context of the world drug problem, with particular consideration for the needs of persons affected and persons in vulnerable situations.

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