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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15 September 2023

Moving away from the punitive paradigm: An analysis of the 2023 OHCHR report on drug policy

IDPC highlights the major gains from the 2023 OHCHR report on human rights and drug policy, and provides recommendations to Member States and UN entities for its effective implementation.

31 August 2023

Stuck in the inertia of the past: Report of the 66th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

IDPC notes clashes between reform and status quo advocates in the international community, in the context of tensions related to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia and increasingly central calls for systemic change.

15 August 2023

Comments to draft General Recommendation N. 37 on racial discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to health - IDPC submission to CERD

IDPC, Amnesty International, CDPE, HRI, DPA, Release and CELS provide evidence on the role of drug policies as a driver of discriminatory policing and incarceration.

9 August 2023

Submission to CERD: The right to health and the criminalisation of ancestral plants

IDPC and ICEERS argue that the right of Indigenous Peoples to grow, use, possess, heal, and travel with their ancestral plants should be enshrined as a part of a right to health free from racial discrimination.

27 July 2023

The INCB Report for 2022 - Regulated cannabis markets and international legal tensions: A missed opportunity

IDPC welcomes the Board's increasing focus on human rights issues and cannabis regulation, whilst regretting its misrepresentation of the evidence on the latter, flawed interpretations of the relationship between human rights and drug control treaties, and a lack of constructive thinking on how to address the proliferation of systemic breaches in the global drug control regime.

24 July 2023

The decriminalisation of people who use drugs: An essential component of a human rights-based approach to drug policy - IDPC submission to OHCHR

IDPC, CDPE, Instituto RIA, HRI and the Health[e]Foundation provide data and recommendations on the importance of decriminalisation to fulfil the human rights of people who use drugs.

11 July 2023

Moving beyond prohibition and towards a human rights-based approach to drugs: IDPC submission to OHCHR

IDPC calls on the UN system and Member States to initiate a process to evaluate the human rights impacts of the global drug control regime, and to propose concrete steps for its reform and modernisation.

15 May 2023

On the situation of women and gender-diverse people who use drugs surviving multiple situations of violence and vulnerability in Spain - Shadow report

Metzineres and IDPC illustrate through official documents, research and personal testimonies the need to eliminate discrimination, criminalisation and systematic violence against women and gender-diverse people who use drugs.

6 April 2023

Human Rights Council resolution ‘Contribution of the Human Rights Council with regard to the human rights implications of drug policy’: Analysis and implications

IDPC sheds light on key political wins including in relation to countering racial discrimination in drug policy, recognising the importance of harm reduction for the right to health, protecting Indigenous rights, and promoting engagement by UN human rights bodies in drug policy debates.

30 March 2023

'National Dialogue on the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy' - Ghana CND conference room paper

Ghana discusses the first ever National Dialogue on the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy, including identifying human rights priorities and integrating them in the national plans for reform.

9 March 2023

Policing, COVID-19 and people who use drugs: Surviving the police in Cracolândia

É de Lei documents the escalation of police violence during and after the COVID-19 lockdown period, as well as the strategies of harm reduction and community mobilisation to resist and fight for the rights of the people in the area.

21 February 2023

Growing people power: The Support. Don’t Punish 2022 Global Day of Action – Summary report

The Support. Don't Punish campaign offers an overview of activities carried out as part of the Global Day of Action in 2022, which in their own unique ways helped connect policymaking processes with realities on the ground, solidify people power, and challenge criminalisation at its core.