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Article 33: The Right to Protection from Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

by Eric Eckhart | Mar 4, 2019 | Damon Barrett

(2019) Damon Barrett, John Tobin, J. Tobin (ed) The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Commentary Abstract:This chapter presents a legal analysis of Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, addressing the child’s right to protection...

Cannabis Reform, ‘Medical and Scientific Purposes’ and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

by Eric Eckhart | Aug 4, 2018 | Damon Barrett

(January 2018) Rick Lines, Damon Barrett, International Community Law Review, 20 (5), 436-455 Abstract:Treaty interpretation has long been a subject of interest for international legal scholars. However, it is only recently that advocates for drug policy reform have...

Drug Policy and Human Rights in Europe: Managing Tensions, Maximising Complementarities

by Eric Eckhart | Jan 4, 2018 | Damon Barrett

(January 2018) Damon Barrett, Report, Council of Europe, Pompidou Group Abstract:This report explores the application of human rights standards and tests to drug policies in the Europe. Basic principles and tests are set out, and a conceptual model is presented....

International Child Rights Mechanisms and the Death Penalty for Drug Offences

by Eric Eckhart | Jun 18, 2017 | Damon Barrett

(January 2017) Damon Barrett, Human Rights Law Review, 17, 205-229 Abstract:This article investigates whether the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Labour Organization Convention No 182 contribute to systemic human rights risks in the...

The Case for International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Control

by Eric Eckhart | Mar 18, 2017 | Damon Barrett, Julie Hannah

(March 2017) Hannah, J., Lines, R., Schleifer, R., Barrett, D., Avafia, T. and Elliott, R., (2017), Health and Human Rights Journal. 19 (1), 231-2236 Abstract:This special section of Health and Human Rights Journal examines some of the many ways in which international...

Injecting Drug Use Among Under 18s: A Snapshot of Available Data

by Eric Eckhart | Dec 4, 2013 | Damon Barrett

(December 2013) Damon Barrett, Neil Hunt, Claudia Stoicescu, Harm Reduction International Reports Abstract:Young people who inject drugs have specific developmental, social and environmental vulnerabilities. They are less likely to use harm reduction and treatment...
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