Ahead of Human Rights Day 2020, IDPC calls for UNODC to make a strong statement by calling on Member States to change drug policies and practices that violate human rights, and entrench exclusion and discrimination.
The Mexican Senate makes progress towards cannabis legalisation, but activists warn the bill will perpetuate the marginalisation of people who use drugs and smaller growers.
In 2018, South Africa's Constitutional Court effectively decriminalised cannabis use; though since then, the government has continued to grapple with how to regulate it.