Lifting the country’s 43-year moratorium would be a major human rights setback.

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.

The event undoubtedly generated attitudes in favor of medical marijuana in the country, but the Brazilian government has once again postponed a vote for the reclassification of cannabis.

In this declaration, IDPC Members in Latin America call on UN agencies to make profound reforms to current drug policies.