Rights of indigenous people

Events

Harmony in healing: Indigenous-led solutions in substance use policy

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19 April 2024

IFIP and OSF host a dialogue to discuss drug policies' impacts on Indigenous Peoples and how collective knowledge and collaboration by community leaders can further meaningful change.

Publications9 April 2024

Navigating legal clarity on ayahuasca in Portugal

ICEERS report analyses the legal status of ayahuasca within Portuguese drug law and argues for increased legal clarity and consistent protection from criminalisation.

Publications7 March 2024

The coloniality of drug prohibition

Dertadian explores how prohibitionist policies serve as a colonial tool and calls to centre the experiences and knowledges of Indigenous and colonised peoples in drug policy scholarship.

Publications3 March 2024

Peace and reparations in legal drug markets in Colombia

Ciro et al. reflect on how the legal regulation of drug markets in Colombia may act as reparations for past inequality and harm, and advance the interconnection of drug policy reform and reparative justice.

Blog17 January 2024

Reading the ‘coca’ leaves: Six predictions for global drug policy in 2024

Ann Fordham, IDPC Executive Director, discusses six critical developments to watch out for in relation to global drug policy.

News1 December 2023

WHO officially launches procedures for critical review of coca leaf

The WHO undertook to ensure that the review would not be delayed and Bolivia's Vice-resident stressed the importance of a comprehensive process, including due attention to traditional uses.

News23 October 2023

Coca chronicles: Monitoring the UN coca review - Issue #1: Bolivia challenges UN coca leaf ban

TNI traces the history and current state of Bolivia's efforts to end the persecution of the coca leaf, as enshrined in global drug control treaties.

News21 October 2023

A course-correction on cannabis equity in Canada : the moment is now

In reviewing the effects of cannabis regulation, the government must ensure equity to Indigenous people and racialised groups who have been historically at the losing end of the 'war on drugs'.

News25 September 2023

Bolivia requests the UN to conduct a critical review of the classification of the coca leaf

Bolivia requests a critical review of the coca leaf, arguing the current classification goes against scientific evidence and infringes rights - particularly of Indigenous peoples.

News25 September 2023

UN agency says drug war has ‘major human rights impacts,’ urging countries to instead adopt a public-health approach

A recent OHCHR report underscores the vast human rights issues fueled by the drug war, encouraging member nations to transition away from punitive drug control measures in favor of a public health-centered approach.

News16 September 2023

Colombian President proposes Latin Alliance to shift war on drugs towards public health approach

Recognising the destruction of the drug war, Latin America is leading the way in calling for an alternative approach.

Publications12 September 2023

Human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug problem - Report of the OHCHR

OHCHR present their report to the Human Rights Council on the impact of the world drug problem on human rights, urging policymakers to shift towards a health and human-rights centred approach to drug policy.

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