Las modificaciones "inter se" proveen una válvula de escape útil para la acción colectiva en materia de ajustes a el régimen de los tratados de la ONU sobre el control de drogas.
Youth RISE Nigeria plantea algunos de los problemas que entraña la recopilación de datos en el país y exige compromisos más sólidos para implantar de manera efectiva los servicios de reducción de daños y prevención del VIH en un entorno propicio.
El compendio está integrado por casos de los Estados miembros de la Unión Africana que detallan las mejores prácticas en lo que atañe a la prevención, el tratamiento y la reducción de daños. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.
The African Union Commission is proud to present this seminal work show casing good practices in addressing drug use challenges in Africa. All the articles in this compendium were compiled and submitted by AU Member States Drug Demand Reduction National Focal points. The compendium is published primarily for the purpose of sharing knowledge and enabling countries in Africa to benefit from exchange of experiences and solutions on what works and draw on lessons learnt.
The recommendation of the second session of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Health, Population and Drug Control (STC-HPDC-2) in April 2017 to produce a Compendium of Best Practices on Drug Use Prevention, Drug Use Disorders Treatment and Harm Reduction in Africa was timely. Some good things are happening out there. These few articles demonstrate very encouraging steps. Indeed a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Through this publication, and other activities, the African Union will continue to bolster the efforts of hard working Member States, often with limited resources, and in difficult circumstances. In this regard, we would like to thank in a very special way Drug Demand Reduction National focal points who were instrumental in mobilizing national stakeholders to produce the articles.
The Eastern Africa Regional Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is pleased to support the production and publication of the first African Union Compendium of Good Practices on Drug Use Prevention, Drug Use Disorders Treatment and Harm Reduction in Africa. This initiative, led by the African Union with the support of Member States, while showcasing the work of only a hand-full of countries, certainly demonstrate the resolve of African States to address comprehensively, and in a balanced manner the continental and national drug problems.
El Consejo de Investigación sobre Ciencias Sociales (SSRC) revisa las principales conclusiones de la experiencia de los Estados Unidos con las cortes de drogas que podrían ser útiles para enriquecer en otros países los debates sobre este tema y otras medidas alternativas al encarcelamiento en los casos de pequeños delitos de drogas.
La APPG por la Reforma de las Políticas de Drogas, la Universidad de Durham, The Loop y Volteface concluyen que la economía nocturna del Reino Unido no está logrando proteger a su activo más valioso: las personas que salen a disfrutarla.
Diogenis considera que el documento final de la UNGASS constituye una señal de progreso en el debate sobre el cambio de muchos aspectos problemáticos de la política actual.
El Observatorio Europeo de las Drogas y las Toxicomanías (OEDT) confirma el futuro prometedor de la epidemiología basada en las aguas residuales como un enfoque complementario para definir un panorama más preciso y equilibrado del uso de sustancias en diferentes comunidades.
El informe anual resume las actividades del Comité de ONG de Viena sobre Drogas (VNGOC) en 2017, incluido el 60º período de sesiones de la Comisión de Estupefacientes.
Harm Reduction International subraya que los enfoques prohibicionistas y punitivos con respecto a las drogas no logran reducir el uso y el tráfico, y representan una clara contravención de los derechos humanos fundamentales en virtud del derecho internacional. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo
This is the tenth year that Harm Reduction International (HRI) has been working on the death penalty for drug offences and, regrettably, prohibitionist and punitive approaches to drugs continue to result in the execution of hundreds of people for non-violent drug offences every year. The majority of those sentenced to death and executed are low level couriers who often experience overlapping and intersecting forms of vulnerability, discrimination and exclusion and who are often subjected to forced confessions and unfair trials. Not only do these executions continue to fail to achieve any reduction in drug use and trafficking, they are also a clear violation of fundamental human rights under international law.
This report looks at the death penalty for drugs in law and practice. It also considers critical developments on the issue. Some of its key findings include:
There are at least 33 countries and territories that prescribe the death penalty for drug offences in law.
At least nine countries still have the death penalty for drug offences as a mandatory sanction, although three of these (Brunei Darussalam, Laos and Myanmar) are abolitionist in practice. Malaysia removed the mandatory sentence for drug offences in November 2017.
Between January 2015 and December 2017, at least 1,320 people are known to have been executed for drug-related offences – 718 in 2015; 325 in 2016; and 280 in 2017. These estimates do not include China, as reliable figures continue to be unavailable for the country
Taking China out of the equation due to a lack of data, Iran has been the world’s top executioner for drug offences by far, with at least 1,176 executions carried out since January 2015. That amounts to nearly 90% of all reported drug-related executions during that period.
Between 2015 and 2017, executions for drug offences took place in at least five countries: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Singapore.
