IDPC calls on WHO's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) to rectify the historical error of the coca leaf scheduling, affirming Indigenous rights, and ensuring their involvement throughout the review process.
IDPC calls on the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to right a historical wrong by supporting the critical review of the coca leaf and ultimately approve its descheduling.
IDPC provides background information on the scheduling of the coca leaf in the international drug control treaties, outlines the ECDD coca review process, and makes the human rights case for the removal of the plant from the treaty schedules.
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.
While world leaders convened at UN headquarters in Vienna today, an unprecedented pro-reform coalition led by Colombia called for a new approach to the catastrophic global drugs crisis that now claims half a million lives annually, and drives human rights violations across the world.
Join us for a debrief session on the 67th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to discuss progress, gridlocks and potential ways forward for the UN drug control regime.
World leaders will meet at the UN headquarters in Vienna with conflicting visions on how to confront a global drugs crisis that claims over half a million lives annually and drives serious human rights violations across the world.
