IDPC joins 200+ organisations in signing an open letter calling on high-level forums on womens rights to be inclusive of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, who are often criminalised for drug-related offences.
While the longer-term impacts of the ban on the global heroin supply will greatly depend on potential subsequent bans on cultivation and trade, the livelihoods of thousands of landless labourers are in danger.
While the report explores the links between drug policy and the environment, it fails to grapple with the role of prohibition in environmental destruction.
Self-organisation and critical consciousness on the role of the patriarchy, racism and prohibition on the lives of women who use crack are avenues for empowerment and liberation.
IDPC welcomes the Scottish government's report, which rightly focuses on health and human rights to achieve better outcomes for people, their communities and society as a whole.
This call will support three organisations with grants of up to USD 5000 to carry out strategic advocacy with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its general comment on drug policy. Deadline for applications: 27 July 2023.
