© 2005 CMA Media Inc. or its licensors sion on Narcotic Drugs, the central policy-making
body within the UN system with regard to drug control, will be holding a thematic discussion …

Drug conventions serve as the cornerstone for domestic drug laws and impose a dual
obligation upon states to prevent the misuse of controlled substances while ensuring their …

There may be strategic reasons, in any given instance, to focus on either the “public health”
rationale or a “human rights” argument for a specific reform in order to sway decision-makers …

Council of Europe adopted guidelines on human rights and the fight against terrorism. The
issue had already been under United Nations (UN) consideration, and by 2005 a Special …

Historically, policies aimed at prohibiting and punishing the use of certain drugs have driven
the international approach to drug control and dominate the approach of most countries …

The United Nations has long recognized that international drug trafficking and drug use are
issues that must be addressed on a global scale.'Over the last century the international …

Readiness to acknowledge that your beliefs have changed can be viewed as a sign of
character but also involves making your fallibility uncomfortably public. Consequently, it felt …

As a global network of over 130 civil society organisations, with a secretariat based in
Bangkok and London, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) advocates for …

Harm reduction is not enough for supply side policy: a human rights-based approach offers
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This chapter offers a critical evaluation of the existing system of global illicit drug
governance. It explores the consequences that a prohibition-based approach has had. And …