On 11 and 12 September 2015 opium farmers and representatives of opium farming communities from Kayah State, Shan State, Kachin State and Chin State, came together in Upper Myanmar to discuss the drug policies affecting their lives.
Ann Fordham, IDPC Executive Director, was one of the panellists at the Human Rights Council panel on human rights and drug policy, and focused her intervention on the impacts of drug control on civil and political rights, in particular the issue of the death penalty.
Neglecting a developmental approach to drug policies has led to myriad consequences, from environmental degradation and crime to destabilization and displacement.
O congresso 'Drogas, Política e Cultura: Perspectivas Brasil México' (5-6 de Outubro de 2015) concluiu com uma forte declaração em contra das "consequências indesejadas" do regime internacional de controle de droga.
Civil society activists welcomes the parliament’s decision to ease back on the world’s most restrictive on-street drug-testing programme - although full decriminalisation would be the real solution.
The Congress ‘Drugs, Politics and culture: Perspectives from Brazil-Mexico’ (5th-6th October 2015) has concluded with a strong statement against the ‘unintended consequences’ of the current drug control regime.