25. The Committee recommends that the State party effectively implement and enforce the existing legal and policy frameworks with regard to combating tobacco smoking, alcohol abuse and drug use and enhance its preventive measures, including but not limited to the promotion of healthy lifestyles and awareness-raising programmes about the serious health risks associated with such substance abuse. It also recommends that the State party apply a human rights-based approach to the treatment of persons abusing alcohol and drug users, and provide appropriate health care, psychological support services and rehabilitation to such persons, including effective drug dependence treatment such as opioid substitution therapy.
Year | 2013 |
Topic | Food policy Other Health-related issues |
Document Type | Country Recommendations |
Country | Belarus |
Human Rights Comiteee | CESCR |
Human Rights | Right to adequate food and nutrition Right to health Right to education Right to information |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding observations on the combined fourth to sixth periodic reports of Belarus, E/C.12/BLR/CO/4-6 (2013). Par. 25. Available at: https://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=4slQ6QSmlBEDzFEovLCuWzoufcs4rD6HOGEQguDH73ebwytTIqXJLJOJz4PD6B5lABS7ch8L%2FOb5RSFbdLA%2F%2B%2BSf%2FCn6kspnFTrnnrq%2FeMYP1wRUmM5wAkEA7BnQP%2F7c