IDPC Publications

A key role and added value of IDPC is the production of policy analysis for a broad range of audiences including academia, civil society and policy makers. The majority of these publications are collaborations with members and partners, and are translated into multiple languages to support and facilitate advocacy.

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18 June 2012

Drugs, crime and punishment - Proportionality of sentencing for drug offences

This briefing paper looks at specific criteria of proportionality developed in the context of drug control and describes a number of recent attempts to recalibrate the often grossly disproportionate nature of current drug laws and their enforcement around the world.

17 June 2012

Modernising the global drug control system. Can Europe lead - A civil society perspective

The session focused on the conclusions of the report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and its implication for Europe. The discussions touched upon issues related to the willingness of the EU to engage in meaningful debate around drug policy reform and harm reduction, and strategies that could be implemented to encourage more leadership among EU institutions.

6 June 2012

IDPC-GCDP Report: Modernising the global drug control system – Can Europe lead?

This is the report of a seminar held in Brussels designed to present the recommendations of the Global Commission and discuss the role that the European Union (EU) could play in current drug policy reform debates taking place within Europe and around the world.

31 May 2012

IDPC Progress Report 2011-2012

This annual Progress Report offers information about the main activities implemented by IDPC during 2011 and 2012 and highlights our main achievements this year in terms of national and international advocacy, communications and publication of multilingual documentation.

30 May 2012

IDPC Advocacy Note - Abstinence-based drug dependence treatment is not a substitute for proven HIV prevention measures

Abstinence and harm reduction strategies are often presented as competing alternatives, whereas in a fully comprehensive response to drug dependence, they should operate as mutually supporting elements of an integrated system.

29 April 2012

2012 Commission on Narcotic Drugs: Report of proceedings – IDPC report

This IDPC report is a detailed account of the main debates and events that took place at the 55th Session of the CND.

25 April 2012

Report of the South East Europe Drug Policy Network Meeting - Vienna, March 2012

The meeting focused on the international drug control structures and the UN drug control conventions, the Austrian drug policy with special reference to young people who use drugs, and the work plan of the SEE Network for the coming year.

25 March 2012

Drug policy reform – From evidence to practice: Session report

The last of the series of Correlation Conferences, entitled ‘Getting out of the margins – Changing realities and making the difference’, took place from 12th to 14th December 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This report is an account of the discussions that took place during the final session of the Conference, ‘Drug policy reform – From evidence to practice’.

15 March 2012

IDPC Drug Policy Guide

Welcome to the second edition of the IDPC Drug Policy Guide. The Guide brings together global evidence and examples of best practice to provide guidance on the review, design and implementation of national drug policies.

11 March 2012

Em direção à revisão das convenções de controlo de drogas da ONU: a lógica e dilemas de grupos da mesma opinião

Nos últimos anos temos visto uma crescente falta de vontade em cada vez mais estados-membros em aderir completamente a uma leitura estritamente proibicionista das convenções de controlo de drogas da ONU.

11 March 2012

As Convenções de Controlo de Drogas da ONU: Os limites de latitude

Este relatório realça as obrigações legais internacionais de controlo de drogas, o espaço de manobra que o regime permite aos decisores políticos nacionais e os limites claros de latitude que não podem ser ultrapassados sem se violarem tratados.

11 March 2012

Towards a revision of the UN drug control conventions: The logic and dilemmas of like-minded groups

Recent years have seen a growing unwillingness among increasing numbers of States parties to fully adhere to a strictly prohibitionist reading of the UN drug control conventions. Such behaviour has been driven by a belief that non-punitive and pragmatic health oriented domestic policy approaches that are in line with fundamental human rights standards better address the complexities surrounding illicit drug use than the zero-tolerance approach privileged by the present international treaties.