Human Rights Watch describes how overcrowding in the prisons of the north-eastern state of Pernambuco is among the worst in the country and is a part of a prison system responsible for numerous human rights abuses.
Uma recente viagem ao Brasil levou o autor deste artigo a questionar o papel dos EUA na perpetuação de mitos sobre as drogas e a “guerra às drogas”, bem como o impacto que isto tem nos direitos humanos dos cidadãos estadunidenses e de outros países cujos governos continuam a seguir o exemplo dos EUA.
A recent trip to Brazil prompted the author to question the US’s role in perpetuating drug myths and the “war on drugs” and the impact this is having on the human rights of US citizens and those in other countries whose governments continue to follow the US example.
This articles examines a new project aiming to reduce the high rates of heroin overdose in prisons in New York through a collaboration between public health and correctional facility workers.
This resource by Harm Reduction International aims to help prepare harm reduction service providers to work with children and young people, who are found to globally experience barriers to accessing services.
This booklet by Penal Reform International allows readers to read about some of the main assumptions regarding the death penalty in an interactive format.
Prohibitionism, as a drug policy, is responsible for a range of human rights violations around the world. This article presents some of these violations and suggests what human rights NGOs can do to combat them.
CRISA, in collaboration with its partners, held the second national symposium on drugs and Drug Control Policy in Nigeria in Uyo, which resulted in the drafting of a statement on drug policy reform.
35 government representatives and civil society practitioners attended the consultation convened by the West African Drug Policy Network and other stakeholders and facilitated by WACSI with support from OSIWA.
This UNU report analyses major political and policy trends leading up to UNGASS 2016; cautions that the push for ‘flexibility’ in implementation of the drug control regime risks leading to policy fragmentation unless it is embedded in a larger, principle-based discussion; and offers recommendations for strengthening the outcome of UNGASS 2016.
