Posts Tagged ‘Drogas’
A Pronouncement from the Coalition for Drug Reform Policy
An intent to reactivate fumigations
Read MoreNational Coalition in Favor of Drug Policy Reform in Colombia
A group of civil society organizations (NGOs, grassroots organizations, academic sectors, think tanks, and researchers) have come together with the purpose of creating a national coalition in favor of reforming drug policy in Colombia.
Read MoreOver 1,000 Leaders Worldwide Call for End to “Disastrous” Drug War, Ahead of UN Special Session
Former Presidents of Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Nigeria, Cape Verde, Switzerland & Poland; Former Prime Ministers of Greece, Hungary & The Netherlands Join With Distinguished Scholars, Celebrities, Clergy, Business Leaders, Elected Officials, and Others in Calling for Alternatives to Prohibitionist Drug Control Policies.
Read MoreDejusticia Intervenes in IACHR Public Hearing regarding Measures to Reduce Pre-Trial Detention in Latin America
This Tuesday April 5th 9AM Dejusticia, alongside other organizations, will intervene regarding the issue of women, prisons, and drug offenses.
Read MoreUNGASS 2016: The Challenge of Rethinking Drug Policy
Studies show the negative human rights and public health impact of current drug policy in the region. It’s time to reconsider them.
Read MoreDrug Policy with a Gender Perspective
This Friday will take place a forum on “Women, Drug Policy, and Imprisonment in the Americas.”
Read MoreSouth-South Drug Policy Workshop
From the 31st to the 3rd of September African and Colombian government and civil society members will discuss current drug policy.
Read MoreIn Search for an Alternative Drug Policy Peasant Leaders from Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia Meet
From July 4-6, Dejusticia will participate in the first meeting of the Coca, Poppy, and Marihuana Constituent Assembly in Putumayo, which seeks to take stock of current drug policy and and discuss alternatives.
Read MoreSuspension of Glyphosate Fumigation: Big Decision
Due to its impacts on the rights of communities, aereal fumigation should not be considered as a anti-drug strategy.
Read MoreWhat Could Happen If Latin America Questions the Utopia of a World without Drugs at the UN?
The prohibitionist utopia of a “world without drugs” expressed in the Conventions on Narcotic Drugs signed in 1961, 1971, and 1988, is just that: an unreachable utopia.
Read MoreScience and Democracy at the Solicitor General’s Office
A few days ago, when there was a political discussion, there were two opposing sides.
Read MorePeace and Prison
The magic of prison is to create the illusion of resolving problems, when it simply hides or postpones them. It’s the form of sweeping under the rug our incapacity to deal with our issues: prison for those who discriminate, for drunk drivers, for young people who use drugs.
Read MoreAnd the Patients Wait for the Plant…
The year ended and the Senate plenary did not advance the debate about medicinal marijuana. In the session Monday 15 December everything seemed favorable for Senator Galán’s bill.
Read MoreSupport, Don’t Punish
The 26th of June, the United Nations celebrates the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
Read MoreLess Jail, More Health
While in Colombia we remain immersed in the debate about the presidential elections and the second round, the agreement that they reached in Havana in the third point of the peace negotiations have passed unnoted.
Read MoreIn Search of Rights: Drug Users and Governments Response in Latin America
The Drugs and Rights Studies Collective published a new report that examines government responses to the consumption of illicit drugs in eight countries in Latin America: Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia.
Read More20 years since the Decriminalization of the Personal Dose
A little more than two decades ago you could be arrested and put in jail for up to 30 days if you were caught carrying or smoking marihuana. You could be jailed for up to a year if you were caught a second time.
Read MoreStaggering Ignorance
Many of those who oppose any changes to drug policies make such staggering mistakes that it would be funny if it weren’t for their tragic effects. Their ignorance or prejudices perpetuate a policy that is misguided policy and that continues to cause lots of suffering in the world.
Read MoreThe Electoral Debate on Drugs
Congressional candidates have broken the taboo. For the first time the debate about drugs and their regulation has taken hold of the campaigns in Colombia.
Read MoreOutrageous Penalties: Disproportionality in the penalization of drugs crimes in Colombia
This study supports with solid empirical evidence that drug policies in Colombia that resort to the use of criminal law do not respect the principle of proportionality and therefore are not justifiable from the constitutional point of view.
Addicted to punishment: The disproportionality of drug laws in Latin America
This document analyzes the proportionality of drug related crimes in seven Latin American countries through the study of the evolution of their criminal legislations from 1950 until 2012.
Read MoreAddicted to Punishment: The disproportionality of drug laws in Latin America
This document describes the disproportionality of the drug-related crimes in seven Latin American countries. Even though they are punishable behavior that does not directly or indirectly harm third parties, studies of drug crime related laws show a regional tendency to increase the use of criminal law
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