A/HRC/10/44 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1-3 4 II. ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ............................. 4 - 28 4 A. Communications concerning human rights violations ................ 5 4 B. Country visits .............................................................................. 6-7 4 C. Highlights of key presentations and consultations ..................... 8 - 24 5 D. Press statements .......................................................................... 25 - 28 6 III. THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROHIBITION OF CRUEL, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING PUNISHMENT ........................................................... 29 - 48 7 A. Trend towards the abolition of capital punishment .................... 30 - 34 7 B. Evolution of the prohibition of corporal punishment ................. 35 - 37 9 C. Capital punishment in the light of the prohibition of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment ........................................... 38 - 40 11 D. The death penalty and human dignity ......................................... 41 - 45 13 E. Conclusions and recommendations ............................................ 46 - 48 15 IV. APPLYING A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO DRUG POLICIES ................................................................................ 49 - 74 16 International drug policies and human rights: two separate issues ...................................................................... 49 - 53 16 Drugs and the right to personal integrity and human dignity ...................................................................... 54 17 C. Drug users in the criminal justice system ................................... 55 - 67 17 D. Palliative care/access to pain relief suffers from drug-control barriers .......................................................... 68 - 70 22 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................ 71 - 74 23 A. B. E.

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