Coercive Laws as a Result of Stigma and Discrimination Blowing Up the Right to Health to Inject Drug Users
European Regional Master Degree in Human Rights and Democracy
Coercive Laws as a Result of Stigma and Discrimination Blowing up the Right to Health to Inject Drug Users
By
Altina PESHKATARI
Cluster IV
Cluster Leader Prof: Amarjit SINGH
April 29, 2005 Number of pages: 16
Table of contents
Introduction 3
1. ESCR - a universal challenge 4
1.1. Historical overview on the origin of Economical and Social Rights 4
1.2. Basic principles of affiliation and differentiation of the ESCR and CPR covenants 5
1.3. ESCR as full human rights 6
2. Right to health as a human right and its challenges 8
2.1. Right to health as presented on the Covenant on ESCR 8
2.2. Sources of coercive laws as the obstacles for a right-based approach of implementation of ESCR 10
3. Coercive laws on health field as the main tool for violation of human rights for the vulnerable group such as (IDU) 11
3.1. Violation of the right to health. v. sensitive vulnerable groups (IDU) 12
3.2. New forms “modern slavery” as result of stigma and discrimination toward IDU 14
Conclusion 15
Bibliography 166
Introduction
The Economical Social and Cultural Rights Covenant is a very useful International document of the twentieth century contribution, making it possible for all members of society to enjoy satisfactory conditions of life. The entitlement of these complex and indivisible predictable rights is of undisputable relevance in today civilization furthermore seeing their translation on the local legislations of different states parties or not in the covenant.
However, out there are other international documents which try to regulate specific spheres of human lives like drug issues, which contradict in some of their provisions with the ESCR terms, and are expressed through the language of coercive laws which unconditionally drive on violation of specific rights in international and national level, such as right to health and its sub-provision - access to
Coercive Laws as a Result of Stigma and Discrimination Blowing up the Right to Health to Inject Drug Users
By
Altina PESHKATARI
Cluster IV
Cluster Leader Prof: Amarjit SINGH
April 29, 2005 Number of pages: 16
Table of contents
Introduction 3
1. ESCR - a universal challenge 4
1.1. Historical overview on the origin of Economical and Social Rights 4
1.2. Basic principles of affiliation and differentiation of the ESCR and CPR covenants 5
1.3. ESCR as full human rights 6
2. Right to health as a human right and its challenges 8
2.1. Right to health as presented on the Covenant on ESCR 8
2.2. Sources of coercive laws as the obstacles for a right-based approach of implementation of ESCR 10
3. Coercive laws on health field as the main tool for violation of human rights for the vulnerable group such as (IDU) 11
3.1. Violation of the right to health. v. sensitive vulnerable groups (IDU) 12
3.2. New forms “modern slavery” as result of stigma and discrimination toward IDU 14
Conclusion 15
Bibliography 166
Introduction
The Economical Social and Cultural Rights Covenant is a very useful International document of the twentieth century contribution, making it possible for all members of society to enjoy satisfactory conditions of life. The entitlement of these complex and indivisible predictable rights is of undisputable relevance in today civilization furthermore seeing their translation on the local legislations of different states parties or not in the covenant.
However, out there are other international documents which try to regulate specific spheres of human lives like drug issues, which contradict in some of their provisions with the ESCR terms, and are expressed through the language of coercive laws which unconditionally drive on violation of specific rights in international and national level, such as right to health and its sub-provision - access to
Bibliography: 1. Craven, M.C.R. (1995). The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Oxford, Clarendon Press.