About 85 % of female inmates are being held for drug-related offences and Thailand, that has the world's highest number of women prisoners - almost 19,000 - after the United States.
International organisations have welcomed Thailand's decision to remove the leg shackles from death row inmates, but say other forms of ill treatment still need to be addressed.
The 10th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Fact-Finding Committee will serve to strengthen collaborative efforts amongst the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly members in addressing drug issues.
The West African Commission concluded that is time to face the fact that narcotic drugs are increasingly being consumed in West Africa, which no longer simply serves as a transit point.
APDES argues against the recent ban of legal highs, claiming that a prohibition-only approach will increase the scale of the underground black market for these substances.
“Support. Don’t Punish.” is a global advocacy campaign that aims to raise awareness of the harms caused by the criminalisation of people who use drugs.