Titre : | The international regime of drug control may violate the human right to life and security (2023) |
Auteurs : | P. G. JOHNSTAD |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.113, March 2023) |
Article en page(s) : | art. 103960 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SAN (Santé publique / Public health) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique INTERNATIONALThésaurus mots-clés CONTROLE DES STUPEFIANTS ; PRODUIT ILLICITE ; DROITS DE L'HOMME ; VIOLENCE ; CRIMINALITE ; ORGANISATION CRIMINELLE ; POLITIQUE ; CANNABIS ; PROHIBITION |
Résumé : | Critics of the international regime of drug control have often pointed to its criminogenic effects, maintaining that drug criminalization gives rise to a profitable illicit drugs market which in turn sustains organized crime networks. Here I will expand upon this critique to argue that the violent crime resulting from the drug criminalization regime may constitute a violation of the human right to life and security. To support this argument, I will discuss the extent to which policy makers and the citizens who empower them may stand morally responsible for unintended but foreseeable consequences of the policies they implement. I will note that a north-south imbalance is at play: while the Global North has been the driving force behind the criminalization regime, the violent criminality entailed by the regime of drug control has impacted the Global South most strongly. |
Affiliation : | Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway |
Cote : | Abonnement |
Lien : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103960 |
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