A/HRC/32/32 intellectual disabilities, so that standards set by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are progressively implemented. 113. In connection to sexual and reproductive health rights, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments: (a) In line with target 5.6 of the Sustainable Development Goals, adopt or integrate a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for all adolescents into national strategies and programmes in order to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services; (b) Decriminalize abortion and guarantee all adolescents access to confidential, adolescent-responsive and non-discriminatory sexual and reproductive health information, services and goods, including on family planning, counselling, preconception care, maternal care, sexually transmitted infections, diagnosis and treatment, as well as modern forms of contraception, including emergency contraception, and safe abortion and post-abortion services; (c) Ensure that sexual and reproductive health services are welcoming, adolescent-friendly, non-judgemental and guarantee privacy and confidentiality; (d) Guarantee the provision of age-appropriate, comprehensive and inclusive sexuality education, based on scientific evidence and human rights, as part of the school curriculum; (e) Repeal laws criminalizing or otherwise discriminating against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and put an end to practices and treatments aimed at changing sexual orientation and gender identity. 114. In connection to substance use and drug control, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments: (a) Close without delay all drug detention centres for adolescents, ensure the provision of prevention, harm reduction and dependence treatment services, without discrimination, and allocate a budget sufficient for the progressive realization of the right to health; (b) Seek alternatives to punitive or repressive drug control policies, including decriminalization and legal regulation and control, and nurture the international debate on these issues, within which the right to health must remain central; (c) Use the right to health framework to pursue strategies to prevent drug use among adolescents through evidence-based interventions as well as accurate and objective educational programmes and information campaigns. 24

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