The International Council on Human Rights Policy project on ‘social control and human rights’ focuses on five policy areas with strong control dimensions, which raise human rights concerns. The five policy-contexts examined by the project are: a) Policing and surveillance; b) Punishment and incarceration; c) Migrants and non-citizens; d) Urban spaces and the poor; and e) Infectious disease control. In addition, a case study of control measures applied to the Roma in Europe was also undertaken.
While these areas are not drug specific, most are of course of clear relevance. The draft report "The Widening Web of Control" is available online is and well worth a read for some of the rights based thinking applied to these areas.
Citation: International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP). 'The Widening Web of Control' (Draft Report) February 2010