COVID-19: Strategies to reduce the prison population in Latin America

The webinar will explore how to implement effective releases of people in prison in the region with a focus on women.

Events June 26, 2020

Brazil Statement at HR19

The war on drugs has always been a war against people, against public health, against human rights and against science.

News Alerts May 14, 2019

Colombia's experience in drug policy in the last decade

A coalition of leading drug policy and human rights NGOs document Colombia's drug policy over the last decade, highlighting examples of good practice and underscoring pending challenges.

Publications April 4, 2019

Open letter to Cesar Gaviria on the upcoming Colombian elections

IDPC expresses concern about Commissioner Gaviria's endorsement of a presidential candidate whose proposals on drug policy are in stark contrast with the ones made by the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

News Alerts June 12, 2018

Over 300 NGOs call on the United Nations to take immediate action on the hundreds of extrajudicial killings of suspected drug offenders in the Philippines

375 civil society groups, including prominent human rights NGOs, from across the globe have called on UN drug control authorities to urge an immediate stop to the extrajudicial killings of suspected drug offenders in the Philippines.

Press Releases August 1, 2016

Women across the Americas incarcerated for minor, non-violent, drug-related crimes at an alarming rate

These stories paint a picture of vulnerability, desperation, and incarceration in the Americas. Although these particular narratives take place in Costa Rica, such stories are disturbingly common across the region.

Press Releases May 22, 2015

Open Letter to the governments of the region present in the OAS General Assembly

This open letter, signed by 54 organisations, call to the American governments to place the human rights at the centre of the debate on drug policy in the Americas.

News Alerts June 3, 2013

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