24 human rights experts co-sign this compelling call for Member States and international bodies to supersede their current drug policies with a comprehensive, restorative and reintegrative justice approach.
The resources spent on policing, prisons and fear-based prevention should go instead into systems of care and support for people to live healthier and more meaningful lives.
HRI, IDPC and CDPE shed light on the impacts of punitive drug policies on racialised communities, including in relation to policing and criminalisation, and to limited access to health, harm reduction, treatment and social services.
The draft bill would end sanctions for the consumption and cultivation of cannabis for personal use in private, whilst retaining administrative penalties for public use
Civil society organisations, professional bodies and a host of experts call upon the British government to ensure the implementation of overdose prevention centres.
Police involvement presents the most significant deterrent to seeking medical aid, with activists and advocacy groups calling for greater harm-reduction and less aggressive policing of festivalgoers.
An alarming global rise in executions and death sentences was noted in 2021, increasing by 20% and 40% respectively, predominantly due to drug-related offences.
