Region

Latin America

22 August 2023
Drug policy and pathways to peace in Colombia

Drug policy and pathways to peace in Colombia

As momentum for drug policy reform grows in Colombia, the growers of northern Cauca insist on a clear demand: that profits from legal regulation do not go to armed groups or big business, but to the growers themselves.
16 August 2023
Women deprived of liberty in the Americas

Women deprived of liberty in the Americas

The IACHR highlights the role that drug policies play in soaring women incarceration rates in the region, calling for alternatives to incarceration and gender-specific reintegration policies.
16 August 2023
Language matters: Is my country a 'narco-state'?

Language matters: Is my country a 'narco-state'?

By flattening the complex relationship between state actors, citizens and globalised informal drug economies, the term often serves to fuel stigma, harmful stereotypes and further violence.