In conversation with IDPC's outgoing Executive Director Ann Fordham, Kojo Koram explores the forces shaping drug policy’s future, from colonialism and racialised criminalisation to corporate capture and reparative measures.
Record drug seizures, falling retail prices and overcrowded prisons expose the failure of punitive drug control across South-East Asia and strengthen the case for decriminalisation.
Ghana is moving to realise the promises of the 2020 drug law reform, prioritising a health and rights approach, and offering alternatives to conviction and incarceration.
INHSU announces Yarelix Estrada and Rita Musa as the recipients of an award supporting emerging women leaders who advance harm reduction and the rights and health of people who use drugs.
The law imposes mandatory prison sentences on people repeatedly charged for drug use, deepening poverty and marginalisation, while failing to address health issues.
IDPC urged Member States to move from punishment to care by decriminalising drug use, funding harm reduction, and backing the communities already protecting life.
27 UN human rights experts from 19 mandates call for a fundamental shift towards decriminalisation, harm reduction, evidence-based regulation, care and support, warning that punitive and militarised drug policies continue to drive serious human rights violations.
IDPC joins this civil society call for the UN’s main drug control entities to unequivocally condemn the use of the death penalty for drug offences and ensure that international cooperation does not contribute to further executions.
Drug offences account for almost half of all confirmed executions worldwide, despite failing to meet the international law threshold of the 'most serious crimes'.
