Remarks of the Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov: International Narcotics Control Board Side Event on `The need for proportionality: State responses to drug-related offences`
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For information only - not an official document UNIS/NAR/1317 16 March 2017 Remarks of the Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov: 16 March 2017 VIENNA, 16 March (United Nations Information Service) - My warm thanks to INCB for holding this event on a very important topic. The international drug control conventions allow States Parties to provide alternative measures with regard to conviction or punishment in appropriate cases of a minor nature, including for people with drug use disorders who have come in contact with the justice system. These provisions are further reinforced by United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice, including:...