IDPC marks Human Rights Day 2024 by shining a light on setbacks, key progress and promising avenues to better align drug policies and human rights standards.
The resolution's veneer of consensus betrays deepening fractures in global drug policy debates, as demonstrated by the string of 'disassociation' statements that followed the document's adoption.
Co-founder of IDPC, renowned scholar and beloved colleague and family man, Dave departed on 20 November 2024 after a long and valiant battle with cancer.
IDPC’s new Strategic Plan for 2024-2027 outlines an ambitious approach to advance drug policy reform, addressing pivotal challenges for our movement in relation to funding, equitable regulation, and media impact, to name a few.
The 2024 World Drug Report misrepresents the right to health, diverges from the UN system's own guidance on the matter, and shockingly omits mentioning harm reduction.
The UN system increasingly questions the validity of the 'drug war', embracing harm reduction and decriminalisation — so why is UNODC stuck in the inertia of the past?
In transnational solidarity, Support. Don’t Punish campaigners are dismantling the ‘war on drugs’ and building sustainable alternatives that uphold everyone's rights and dignity.
Prime Minister Sretta Thavisin's declarations in favour of increased punitive measures for drug use and related activities echo Thailand's catastrophic "war on drugs" in 2003, despite international recommendations for balanced, rights-based strategies.
Stronger cooperation with civil society is essential to ensure the European Drugs Agency continues to prioritise health, social justice and human rights.
This year's CND marked a departure from conservative groupthink, fostering genuine debate —including as led by Colombia and the US, tensions among UN agencies' stances, and increased civil society participation.
Germany's cannabis reform signals a continental step in the right direction, but it is also a missed opportunity to centre racial justice and social equity
