Legalizing cannabis cultivation and trade could reduce violent crime related to illegal cultivation and could therefore protect human rights, according to a study on behalf of Dutch municipalities. Human rights outweigh the UN drug conventions prohibiting cannabis cultivation and trade. A justified argument can be made that regulating cannabis cultivation could be a "positive obligation to protect human rights". Human rights that can be protected include the right to health, the right to life and the right against inhuman treatment. A government can decide to regulate cannabis based on these rights, as long as other countries do not suffer from it. (See also: 'Legal cannabis cultivation would boost human rights' – study)