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Som vi ser er det ingen tvil om at FN nå prøver å styrke menneskerettighetenes
stilling overfor narkotikalovgivningen. De sier videre dette om viktigheten av det: “The
normative foundation of the United Nations’ work in the area of the rule of law work is the
Charter and the body of international law, including international humanitarian law,
international criminal law, international refugee law, and international human rights law.
Responses to drugs, crime and terrorism that are based on the rule of law must therefore
also incorporate human rights law and principles. Too often, law enforcement and criminal
justice systems themselves perpetrate human rights abuses and exclude and marginalize
from society those who most need treatment and rehabilitation. Placing human rights at the
centre of drug control, crime prevention and criminal justice provides an organizing set of
principles that dissolves boundaries between the fields and promotes a single coherent
response. Effective drug control cannot exist without fair criminal justice and successful
crime prevention. Human rights offer guidance on the delicate balance between the
protection of fundamental freedoms and the protection of public health, morals and
security. It sets out the broad responsibilities of the State to respect, protect and fulfil the
health and wellbeing of its peoples and specific due process guarantees, such as for those
suspected or accused of a criminal offence. Such an approach represents more than ‘added
value’; it is a legal obligation.”
Funnet på http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03UNODC-
Human-Rights-Conference-Paper.pdf
537 Erik Møse, Menneskerettigheter s 68
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Erik Møse sier det slik: ”Menneskerettighetskonvensjonens primære formål er å beskytte
individene, ikke å regulere statenes gjensidige rettigheter og plikter” (Erik Møse,
Menneskerettigheter s 101). Som følge av dette er det ikke opp til statene selv å definere
snevert i sin favør hva utrykk som umenneskelig behandling, tortur, vilkårlighet og så videre
innebærer. For som Møse sier videre: ”det ville stå i strid med prinsippet om at rettighetene
er universelle og tilkommer enhver” (Erik Møse, Menneskerettigheter s 101).
539 David Selby, Menneskerettigheter s 15.
540 John Stuart Mill definerte et tilsvarende prinsipp (hva han kalte “skade-prinsippet”) slik i
boken sin On Liberty: ”*T+he sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or
collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection.
That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a
civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either
physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or
forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because,
in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise or even right. These are good reasons for
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