14/08/2015 AL Case No Country Mandate(s) MUS 2/2015 Mauritius Health; Summary of the allegation transmitted Alleged retrogressive measures in Mauritius regarding long-term harm-reduced services for people who use drugs. According to the information received, harmreduction services implemented since 2006 are being drastically reduced in terms of coverage and accessibility, putting people who use drugs at unnecessary and avoidable risk of HIV and blood-borne infections. Amendments include halting induction of new patients; decreased hours of opioid substitution therapy (OST) distribution, new distribution vehicles in front of police stations and mandatory provisions for non-governmental organizations to disclose the identity of the programmes’ users. Measures have been taken without consultation with expert stakeholders and have disregarded harm-reduction services’ positive impact in decreasing HIV incidence, criminality rates and in improving the physical and mental health of their users. Reply A/HRC/31/79 74 Date Type