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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3 March 2008

IDPC Response to the 2007 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board

The latest INCB Annual Report was published on 4th March 2008. This brief response explains the contents of the report, and comments on the positions taken by the Board on proportionality in drug law enforcement, the scheduling of coca leaf, and harm reduction.

29 February 2008

IDPC Briefing Paper Number 7 - The International Narcotics Control Board: Current Tensions and Options for Reform

This briefing paper brings together material and analysis from a number of recent reports that raise questions about the role and functioning of the INCB.

10 December 2007

IDPC Advocacy Guide, Version 2

The second version of the IDPC Advocacy Guide provides an update on the emerging process for the review of global policies on controlled drugs being conducted under the auspices of the United Nations.

7 October 2007

IDPC Advocacy Guide, Version 1

The first version of this guide has been posted on the IDPC website. It serves as an introduction to the structure and operation of the UN drug control system, and describes the forthcoming process of review leading to the political meeting in 2009.

1 August 2007

IDPC Briefing Paper Number 6 - The World Drug Report 2007

This IDPC Briefing reviews the data in the latest report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime on the state of the global market, criticises the claims made in the report that international action is successfully controlling the market, and questions the political objectivity of the UNODC as we approach the review of the global objectives set in 1998.

1 January 2007

IDPC Policy Principle Number 5

The UN system should develop a more co-ordinated approach to drug policy issues

1 January 2007

IDPC Policy Principle Number 3

Efforts to reduce the supply of drugs should not focus on the punishment of growers

1 January 2007

IDPC Policy Principle Number 2

Drug policy objectives should increasingly focus on the consequences of drug use.

1 January 2007

IDPC Briefing Paper Number 5 - Report of the 2007 Commission On Narcotic Drugs

This briefing paper summarises the proceedings and outcomes of the 2007 CND.

1 January 2007

IDPC Briefing Paper Number 4 - The European Union Drug Strategy: Progress And Problems

This briefing paper gives an overview of the development of drug policies within the European Union, and the institutions and structures that exist to implement and evaluate these policies.

1 January 2007

IDPC 5 Policy Principles

This short paper summarises the five fundamental principles for effective drug policies that have been developed and agreed by IDPC members through research, analysis and debate over the last two years.

1 January 2006

IDPC Briefing Paper Number 1 - The UNGASS Evaluation Process Evaluated

At the 49th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), held in Vienna in March 2006, a draft resolution was tabled by the European Union (EU) to guide the process of evaluation of the implementation of political declaration and action plans of the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) in 2008.