Drug Control and Human Rights in International Law

ISBN-13: 9781316621998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 243 str.

Richard Lines; William A. Schabas

Opis

This book explores how international drug control law should be interpreted within the context of international human rights law.

Spis treści

1. Drug control, human rights and 'parallel universes'; 2. The four stages of drug control: development, structure and law; 3. The contradictory paradigms of international drug control; 4. Drug control and human rights: tensions and conflicts between regimes; 5. The object and purpose of the international drug control regime; 6. The case for dynamic interpretation of the international drug control conventions; 7. Moving the 'thumb on the scales' - towards a dynamic human rights-based interpretation of international drug control law; 8. The future for a 'fifth stage' of drug control?