The adverse effects of Mexico’s militarization of its domestic law enforcement on the country’s human rights climate are so obvious that we are left wondering why Calderón’s War on Drugs strategies and Mérida assistance have not yet been radically redirected, if both Mexican and US authorities...
Este informe de la Red Eurasiática de Reducción de Daños (EHRN) evalúa las repercusiones de la drástica reducción en las aportaciones de los donantes que ha obligado al Fondo Mundial a no ofrecer más financiación e imponer medidas de recorte de gastos.
Este comunicado de CIDDH pide al gobierno peruano que tome responsabilidad para la tragedia y que tome medidas claras para reformar el sistema de tratamiento de drogodependencia.
El informe presenta una serie de recomendaciones, entre las que cabría destacar el llamado al Fondo Mundial para que siga apoyando los programas de VIH y reducción de daños, de forma que se puedan cumplir los compromisos globales para reducir en un 50 por ciento, para 2015, la transmisión del...
Portugal sufre cada vez más las medidas de austeridad aplicadas a todos los servicios prestados por el Estado. La protección social se está recortando en su conjunto, afectando así a poblaciones vulnerables como las personas que consumen drogas.
Los artículos que integran este volumen abarcan cuestiones como el tratamiento forzado de drogas, la Convención de los Derechos del Niño, la JIFE y la ayahuasca, y la pena de muerte por delitos de drogas en China.
The HCLU is producing seven thematic movies on the seven major costs of the war on drugs. This film features one of them - the promotion of stigma and discrimination.
En abril de 2012, la Fundación Andrey Rylkov presentó un recurso ante la UNESCO en que se denuncia que Rusia está obstaculizando el derecho a gozar de los beneficios del progreso científico.
Como ha sido ampliamente documentado, la violencia contra las mujeres en nuestros países, enraizada en el sexismo y la discriminación estructural, se incrementa por el contexto de violencia armada de la región, la cual, a su vez, está directamente relacionada con el narcotráfico. Por ello,...
A paradigm shift, combining repression of the violent drug trade with increased investments in treatment and prevention, would be the best contribution that Latin America could make to global reform of drug policies.
Political divides in the Central American region around drug control surfaced sharply at the recent regional summit on “New Routes against Drugs Trafficking”, that took place on Saturday 24 March in Guatemala. Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina called for an open debate on the security...
For years, emergency services staff summoned to the site of an overdose in Georgia have called the police to ascertain whether criminal charges should be laid. The practice has discouraged drug users from seeking medical treatment, and recently moved the Georgian Harm Reduction Network to ask...
This policy paper aims to provide decision makers and policy managers with an overview of the basic principles, instruments and tools that will support them in developing, reviewing and implementing drug policies, strategies and action plans.
A new report produced in Indonesia by the Monitoring Network of Human Rights Violations against People who Use Drugs looks specifically at police mistreatment of drug users. The stigmatization of drug users often means that government officials can act with impunity when it comes to violence,...
Esta edición de Guías para el debate busca ayudar a definir qué es la perspectiva de género y ofrecer lineamientos para
incorporarla en la formulación de programas y políticas públicas.
This note provides an overview of human rights and international law concerns raised by the 2011 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board.
A conclave of Central American presidents meeting in Guatemala to discuss a major overhaul of their drug laws - including legalization or decriminalization - failed to arrive at a consensus Saturday and agreed to meet again soon in Honduras.
The last of the series of Correlation Conferences, entitled ‘Getting out of the margins – Changing realities and making the difference’, took place from 12th to 14th December 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This report is an account of the discussions that took place during the...
The intent of this edition of Guidelines for Debate is to clarify discussion items around the so-called “youth perspective”, identifying what it is and where it comes from, while considering elements and tools used for analysis.
