Issue-Drug Policy
Punitive drug laws: 10 years undermining the Bangkok Rules
A set of 70 rules that seek to adapt world prison systems to the needs and experiences of women deprived of liberty are in risk by the punitive approach of many drug laws.
Read MoreDejusticia and more than 70 international organizations request urgent attention for people who inject themselves with drugs in Colombia
In Colombia, the suspension of services puts at risk the advances achieved in recent years. More than 1,000 people are unattended.
Read MoreCoca: the plant that takes a toll
On April 2017, we traveled to the department of Putumayo, Colombia to speak with a group of cocalera women about how the Crop Substitution Program should advance. This is the powerful testimony of one of them.
Read MoreDejusticia and GPAZ’s suggestions so that differentiated criminal treatment does not remain on paper
In the Peace Agreement, the Government committed to give up criminal actions and penalties against small farmers and people living in poverty, involved in illicit crops. To date, no law has been approved for this purpose. Here, we outline our proposals.
Read MoreRegulate the illicit market: a drug policy model with a human rights approach
In a publication by the KAS Foundation, Dejusticia researchers analyze the costs and benefits of different strategies used in the so-called war on drugs.
Read MoreOur proposal to face the implementation crisis of the illicit drug section in the Peace Accord
Following the massacre of six peasants in Tumaco, in an event allegedly involving anti-narcotics police and currently under investigation, Dejusticia presents eight recommendations to fulfill what was agreed in point 4 of the Peace Agreement.
Read MoreThe use of jail went out of proportion
If the idea was to control the production, transportation and use of drugs through tough policies, what ended up happening was the criminalization of the most vulnerable and marginalized.
Read MoreEvery hour nine people are detained for drug-related crimes
The book “Drug crimes and prison overdose in Colombia”, produced by the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law and Dejusticia, disagnoses the impact of drug policy on the prison system and recommends, among other measures, to decriminalize personal dose.
Read MoreDecree that created the National Comprehensive Program for Crop Substitution is constitutional
In an intervention before the Constitutional Court, Dejusticia argued that this norm conforms to the Constitution. However, the organization warned that the deadline to determine the beneficiaries should be reconsidered because it could leave out a group of peasants living in poverty.
Read More10 reasons why drug policy needs to be shaken up
The growing risks of the war on drugs can no longer be ignored. On June 26, organizations from around the world will come together under the slogan “Support. Do not punish.” In Colombia a special event will be held in Medellín this Friday 23.
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