TO: United Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeDA: Transform Drug Policy FoundationDrug conventions should not be interpreted and implemented outside of others international lawsWhen it comes to fighting the war on drugs it has come to our attention that for more than fifty years since the war on drugs was declared, other international laws such as those on human rights and public health have been continuously absent and are seen as irritating by many UN agencies and governments (War on Drugs Report 2011). Human rights abuses associated with drug control policies present in several countries are not only perpetrated by individual governments but by the drug control system itself (Joanne Csete p.1). The drug control system, with its objectives, current functioning, interpretation and implementation of policies, makes abuse more likely to occur. It is evident that the system focuses its energies and any other resources on illicit manufacturing or production, etc., intentionally avoiding fighting important but controversial issues just to preserve its international consensus. Therefore, it is fair to say that the human rights abuses associated with drug control policies are systematic in nature, i.e. that it is the drug control system itself that causes the abuse of other international laws and if this is to be put to an end these abuses, an immediate attempt is needed to resolve the institutional weaknesses and shortcomings of the international drug control regime itself (Barret Damon). The debate; whether the drug control system and conventions should be reinterpreted. You might say that the drug control system has had some of the most successful drug control efforts, with tens of thousands of people displaced by... middle of paper... ...could fund that project. Finally, what they can do is develop a human rights impact assessment for upcoming projects. Conclusion This paper has outlined some of the human rights abuses associated with drug control efforts. It demonstrated that abuses, although not written into the conventions, are present due to current drug control efforts or system. The different institutions of the United Nations drug control system have the duty not to apply drug control measures outside of other international laws, this document has set out some of the measures that can be taken by the different drug control stakeholders UN drug to ensure that human rights are not violated. A real change will also be seen in the drug control system when governments and different organizations, such as donors, start to put pressure on international institutions on this issue..