Poramet Tangsathaporn reports that civil society in Southeast Asia is urging ASEAN to drop punitive drug laws and adopt harm reduction in its post-2025 strategy, warning current approaches fail communities and fuel abuses. Advocates call for rights, inclusion, and change.
Nine human rights groups condemn the Maldives’ push to impose the death penalty for drug trafficking, warning it violates international law and defies global abolition trends.
The 'war on drugs' against cocaine fuels Amazon deforestation, empowers organised crime, and endangers Indigenous communities, all of which speak of the need for rights-based reform.
The military strike that killed 11 people raises serious concerns in relation to legality, proportionality and the use of lethal force in counter-narcotics.
The US-backed 'war on drugs' has costed trillions — criminalising migrants, militarising societies, and fuelling recent threats of intervention in Latin America.
Louise Beale Vincent, a deeply beloved and invaluable activist, Executive Director of the National Survivors Union and the North Carolina Survivors Union, passed away.
Ten Dutch municipalities will be permitted to sell only legally produced hashish. Experts suggest demand for Moroccan hashish will continue, driving the market out of the shops and into the streets
The 60th Session is an opportunity to bring attention to the impact of drug control policies on human rights worldwide, with the death penalty, violations of international humanitarian law, forced disappearances, and discussions on arbitrary detention taking place.
Ukraine has approved a new National Drug Policy strategy, which aims to improve access to controlled medicines, expand harm reduction programmes, and provide support to marginalized populations.
IDPC is seeking a consultant to help secure the future of the Support. Don't Punish campaign by diversifying its funding base and strengthening donor engagement.
