IDPC offers an overview of the key issues and highlights that marked the 62nd session of the CND and its Ministerial Segment.

The INCB's participation at CND showed how far the Board has come in terms of supporting human rights norms in the pursuit of drug control obligations, but the Board's outdated inflexibility on cannabis is regrettable.

At the 2019 Session, 12th & 13th Meetings (AM & PM) of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), some new members of the INCB were elected.

The response by the Board's President to a Thai party including the legal regulation of cannabis in their electoral platform is beyond disproportionate.

The Board has moved some distance from its previous reticence to condemn the use of the death penalty for drug offences.

Despite the pressure from some Members States and the INCB, the WHO-ECDD came to a decision based on public health.

The INCB's intransigent position on cannabis is a mixed opportunity to foster dialogue about the increasing reality of legal regulation.

In an effort to help digest and contextualise the UNGASS Outcome Document, this IDPC briefing paper explores a selection of key themes by analysing the consensus-based language agreed by UN member states during high-level meetings over the last quarter of a century.

IDPC analyses some key aspects of the INCB report, focusing on the Foreword, the thematic chapter on women and drugs and the INCB's approach towards health, human rights and cannabis regulation.