The Commission on Narcotic Drugs' censorship of a representative from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention sets a first and dangerous precedent legitimising ongoing frictions between drug control and human rights agendas.
Throughout the October meetings, there was little analysis of the criminal economy around drug markets, while the bigger picture of how illicit drug economies thrive was not addressed in any detail.
Madden et al. shed light on the discursive, material and procedural barriers hindering the meaningful engagement of people who use drugs in UN drug-policy, while identifying strategies for resistance and change.
IDPC explains how civil society has been excluded from the newly-created ‘topical meetings' on the WHO cannabis re-scheduling recommendations, and why this departs from recent progress on openness and civil society participation.
IDPC and TNI argue that the WHO’s recommendations will be an opportunity for African States to further decolonise drug control and strengthen the legal basis for emerging medicinal cannabis programmes.
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