Amnesty International focuses on the issue of the death penalty for drug-related offences, as well its implications particularly for foreign nationals sentenced abroad.

A number of human rights organisations, including the IDPC and Harm Reduction International, have released a joint statement calling on member states to abolish the death penalty for drug related offences at the upcoming UNGASS.

Amnesty International reported that 694 people have been put to death in Iran in the last six months, nearly matching the toll for the whole of 2014.

This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2014 around the world.

This video reflects the life of nonviolent drug inmates in Bolivian overcrowded jails.

Amnesty International accuses the Mexican government of not doing enough to investigate the disappearances of thousands of people.

Reports of torture and ill-treatment have risen sharply in Mexico during the militarized campaign of President Calderon’s administration to combat organized crime.