Watch the opening speech of the DPA director at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in New Mexico (November 12 -14, 2009). He said "right now the wind is at our back" - highlighting how the drug policy reform movement has an unprecedented momentum to end the drug war in the United States.
This newly published paper considers some of the normative, legal, policy and institutional challenges posed by international human rights law to the UN drug control system. It is co-authored by Damon Barrett from IHRA and Manfred Nowak, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
On July 1, 2001, a nationwide law in Portugal decriminalized all drugs making drug possession for personal use and drug usage administrative violations, removed from the criminal realm. Decriminalization has had no adverse effect on drug usage rates in Portugal, and drug-related pathologies have decreased dramatically. The Portuguese decriminalization framework has been a resounding success and should guide drug policy debates around the world.
In this report, Transform Drug Policy Foundation demonstrates that moving to the legal regulation of drugs is not an unthinkable, politically impossible step in the dark, but a sensible, pragmatic approach to control drug production, supply and use.
Despite the achievements reached since harm reduction was introduced in Malaysia since 2005, the tension between law enforcement and public health persists.
This submission describes several key human rights priorities and provides recommendations forthe Kyrgyz Republic to better respect, protect and fulfill human rights, consistent with its international legal obligations, in areas of particular relevance to effective response to HIV.
Journey to the heart of coca country where United States tax dollars have financed the aerial fumigation of 2.6 million acres of land in Colombia – the world's second most biodiverse country. See cropdusters target coca plants, the main ingredient of cocaine, with concentrated herbicide as part of the U.S. war on drugs. Listen to people on the ground, hear about the impacts, and learn new ideas about how to solve this deadly problem. Watch this short film from Witness for Peace.
The Indonesia UNGASS Forum has translated the new narcotics law that was adopted by the Parliament in Jakarta in September 2009. Advocates have highlighted that the new law violates basic human rights and constrains harm reduction efforts in the region.
The European Monitoring Centre of Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCCDA) has published its annual report for 2009 on the state of the drugs problem in Europe
Michel Sidibe responded to harm reduction activists who expressed concern over some of his remarks at the the opening plenary of the Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference in this letter.
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe gave this speech at the Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference, which took place in late October in Moscow. Harm reduction activists have written to him to express concern over some of his remarks.
Representatives of harm reduction, human rights and drug user groups sent a letter to UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe expressing their strong concern about his speech at the opening plenary of the Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference, which took place in late October in Moscow.