This IDPC report is a detailed account of the main debates and events that took place at the 55th Session of the CND.

Welcome to the second edition of the IDPC Drug Policy Guide. The Guide brings together global evidence and examples of best practice to provide guidance on the review, design and implementation of national drug policies.

This briefing paper outlines the international legal drug control obligations, the room for manoeuvre the regime leaves open to national policy makers and the clear limits of latitude that cannot be crossed without violating the treaties.

Recent years have seen a growing unwillingness among increasing numbers of States parties to fully adhere to a strictly prohibitionist reading of the UN drug control conventions. Such behaviour has been driven by a belief that non-punitive and pragmatic health oriented domestic policy approaches...

This new Count the Costs briefing covers the wide range of human rights issues impacted by the war on drugs.

This report aims to provide the reader with a summary of what happened at 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, including at various satellite events, and offers some analysis of the key discussions and debates.

Fifty years on, it is time for a critical reflection on the validity of the Single Convention today: a reinterpretation of its historical significance and an assessment of its aims, its strengths and its weaknesses. This policy briefing analyses the origins and negotiations of the Single...

This document provides information and easily accessible background resources on key issues related to the UN drug control system.

IDPC is pleased to announce that the executive summary of our Drug Policy Guide is now available in Arabic.

IDPC is pleased to announce that the IDPC Drug Policy Guide is now available in Georgian.

The final report of the 53rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs is now online.

«Руководство по наркополитике» было подготовлено в 2009 году на основе результатов исследований и консультаций экспертов IDPC. Цель «Руководства» – предоставить нашим региональным и национальным партнерам информацию, которую они смогут использовать для анализа национальной наркополитики и...