IDPC, TNI and the ICCR analyse the recommendations highlighting their historical context and their implications for Caribbean countries.

Reform of drug policy is essential to protect the rights of cultivating communities, and ensure they make a living from their land.

This article features perspectives from people working in South America, West Africa and Asia and in global development, on the upcoming UNGASS.

This briefing explains the background to the opening of the drug policy debate in Latin America, summarises the most relevant aspects of the ongoing drug law reforms in some countries, and makes a series of recommendations that could help to move the debate forward in a productive manner.

At the end of 2008, about 1,500 persons were released who were in Ecuadorian prisons sentenced for drug trafficking. The measure, known as "pardon for mules,” singled out a specific group of prisoners who were victims of indiscriminate and disproportionate legislation that was in effect for many…