Posts Tagged ‘Drogas’
Dejusticia 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 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 MoreThe Agreements for the Substitution of Illicit Crops must have a gender perspective
GPaz and Dejusticia presented contributions for the inclusion of the gender approach in the route to the formulation and implementation of Collective Agreements within the framework of the National Comprehensive Substitution Plan.
Read MoreMore opportunities and less jail for women with drug offenses
93% of these women are mothers, 52% are head of household, and many have not finished high school; that is, they are poor women. Although the Peace Agreement contemplated a different criminal treatment for these cases, to date no bill has been filed before Congress.
Read MoreThe National Comprehensive Program for the Substitution of Illicit Crops (PNIS) needs more concreteness, a road map and a more global vision for integral rural development
We put forward some recommendations aimed at ensuring the proper implementation of point 4 of the Final Agreement: “Solution to the Problem of Illicit Drugs”, especially in relation to the National Comprehensive Program for the Substitution of Illicit Crops (PNIS).
Read MoreDejusticia weighs in on the Ministry of Justice´s proposal regarding differentiated penal treatment
We comment the proposed draft law on the Regulation of Differential Criminal Treatment for individuals associated with the cultivation of illicit crops and women linked to small-scale drug trafficking.
Read MoreThe road to peace is not only about eradicating coca
In Havana, the agreement did not only lay out the number of hectares to be eradicated, but also the means to make it possible and sustainable in order to achieve that “stable and lasting” peace that is called for in the final agreement.
Read MoreNew study shows growth in the number of prisoners in Latin America for low-level drug offenses
Today, the Drug and Law Study Group (CEDD), a network of experts on drug policy in 9 Latin American countries, publishes new research that reveals that despite the debate in Latin America on the need to rethink drug policies, mass incarceration for these types of crimes, even when they are non-violent and low level, continues to increase in the continent.
Read MoreThe State seems to negotiate with a dagger under the tablecloth
The drugs section of the peace agreement mentions strategies for the substitution of illicit crops, strengthening the fight against illegal finances and drug trafficking groups, paying attention to consumption and the promotion of an international debate on drug policy. However, it fell short in providing a comprehensive solution for communities associated with coca leaf cultivation.
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