Items tagged with UN drug control
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| INCB’s tortured logic [02.04.2012] | On several recent occasions, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has refused to offer an opinion on sanctions that violate international ... |
| Narcotics watchdog turns blind eye to rights abuses [28.03.2012] | In a world where drug offences are punishable with the death penalty, torture or arbitrary detention, we must ask how far States can go to enforce th ... |
| 100 years of global drug control [28.03.2012] | This year the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first international opium convention. What the UN drug czar ... |
| The Future of the Conventions [13.03.2012] | The year 2012 is particularly fitting to discuss the future of the UN drug control conventions as it marks the 100th anniversary of the first fully-f ... |
| Bolivia defends coca consumption at U.N. meeting [11.03.2012] | Bolivian President Evo Morales defended Bolivians' right to chew coca leaves, the main ingredient of cocaine, on Monday, saying it was an ancient rad ... |
| Towards revision of the UN drug control conventions [08.03.2012] | Recent years have seen a growing unwillingness among increasing numbers of States parties to fully adhere to a strictly prohibitionist reading of the ... |
| The Limits of Latitude [07.03.2012] | Faced with a complex range of drug related problems, a growing number of nations are exploring the development of nationally appropriate policies tha ... |
| A Regretful Spirit [28.02.2012] | The terms used in the preface to the 2011 INCB annual report leave no doubt as to the illness afflicting this UN body: a (deep) regret is running thr ... |
| The UN International Narcotics Control Board Releases 2011 Annual Report [28.02.2012] | The UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which monitors implementation of the global drug treaties, has trained its fire on Bolivia, th ... |
| Response of Bolivia to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) [23.02.2012] | In a letter to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) the Government of Bolivia rejects the judgments made by the independent agency of the ... |
| 100 years of the war on drugs [23.01.2012] | Hundred years ago, narcotics passed from country to country with minimal interference from the authorities. That all changed with the 1912 Internatio ... |
| Regime change [18.01.2012] | March 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. This legal instrument, the bedrock of the current United Nations b ... |
| How well do international drug conventions protect public health? [07.01.2012] | The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961 aimed to eliminate the illicit production and non-medical use of cannabis, cocaine, and opioids, an a ... |
| Bolivia, the coca leaf and the right to reserve [02.01.2012] | Just before ending 2011, Bolivia presented the formal notification to the United Nations secretariat in New York, announcing their re-adherence to th ... |
| Bolivia’s Morales wants UN to lift ban on chewing coca leaves in 2012 [26.12.2011] | Bolivian President Evo Morales believes that in 2012 the United Nations will finally agree that chewing of coca leaves is a legal ancient tradition o ... |
| Drug policy reform [11.12.2011] | The last of the series of Correlation Conferences, entitled ‘Getting out of the margins – Changing realities and making the difference’, took place f ... |
| The global war on drugs has failed [21.11.2011] | To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the Beckley Foundation published a public letter calling for a new a ... |
| De-emphasising the Single Convention [11.10.2011] | There is a tendency within the civil society groups and academic writings that look at international drug control to focus heavily on the UN Single C ... |
| IDPC response to the UNODC 2011 World Drug Report [31.08.2011] | This IDPC response to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s flagship publication, the World Drug Report, provides an overview of the ... |
| La Bolivia sotto Inquisizione [20.07.2011] | Martin Jelsma (Transnational Institute, Amsterdam) racconta per la rubrica di Fuoriluogo sul Manifesto del 20 luglio 2011 la crociata contro la Boliv ... |
| Coca is not Cocaine [19.07.2011] | On June 22nd under instruction from President Evo Morales (an ex-coca grower and leader of Bolivia’s powerful coca federation), Bolivia’s congress vo ... |
| Bolivia drops out of UN drug pact to protect its coca chewers [18.07.2011] | Bolivia has presented a denunciation to the UN that seals its resignation from the United Nations 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which ban ... |
| Bolivia and the international drug control regime [15.07.2011] | Bolivia has denounced the International Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which bans the traditional practice of chewing coca leaf. Adam talks with Marti ... |
| Bolivia’s legal reconciliation with the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [11.07.2011] | On 29 June 2011, the Bolivian government denounced the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the 1972 Protocol, indicating its inten ... |
| Treaty guardians in distress [11.07.2011] | Just when you start to see glimmers of hope that the troubled UN drug control system is opening up for a change process, its principal guardian the I ... |
| INCB Regrets Bolivia’s Denunciation of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [05.07.2011] | The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) regrets the decision by the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to denounce the Single ... |
| Bolivia formally renounces UN narcotics convention because it penalizes coca-leaf chewing [30.06.2011] | Bolivia's government has informed the United Nations it is renouncing the world body's anti-drug convention because it classifies coca leaf as an ill ... |
| Bolivia Withdraws from the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [30.06.2011] | The Bolivian government formally notified the UN Secretary General of its withdrawal from the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (as amended by ... |
| Bolivia’s concurrent drug control and other international legal commitments [30.06.2011] | Bolivia’s denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is not just about one treaty. It is about finding an appropriate balance betwe ... |
| Bolivia’s denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [30.06.2011] | Bolivia initially proposed an amendment to article 49, deleting the therein contained obligation that “coca leaf chewing must be abolished”. The arti ... |
| The Global Commission: breaking the Vienna Consensus [07.06.2011] | TNI has been closely involved with the Global Commission on Drug Policy which presented its report in New York on June 2. Some years ago we published ... |
| A report that dares to tell the truth to power [03.06.2011] | Global commissions made up of eminent former policymakers can normally be counted upon to tell international leaders what they want to hear. But the G ... |
| Supply and demand [02.06.2011] | Narcotics liberalisation was once the cause of freethinkers and hippies. Now a more sober bunch is criticising the “war on drugs”. On June 2nd the Glo ... |
| War on drugs not working, says global commission [02.06.2011] | The global war on drugs has failed and governments should explore legalising marijuana and other controlled substances, according to a commission tha ... |
| Global Commission on Drug Policy Report [02.06.2011] | The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world. Fifty years after the initiation of ... |
| Fifth Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy [23.05.2011] | Martin Jelsma, Tom Blickman and Pien Metaal participated in the Fifth Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy, IS ... |
| Bolivia Steps Up Campaign at U.N. to Legalise Coca Leaf [30.04.2011] | Is coca a dangerous drug that should be tightly regulated, or an essential part of Andean indigenous people's cultural and medicinal heritage? Or per ... |
| The Russian drug czar vs. methadone: Parcel of lies [15.04.2011] | HCLU's video advocacy team filmed the press conference of the Russian government delegation at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs this year - our movie ... |
| A 50 Year Old Convention: What's Wrong With an Update? [01.04.2011] | The HCLU’s video advocacy team attended the 54th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna. They asked both Mr. Yuri Fedotov, the h ... |
| Drug Lords Celebrate the Drug War at the UN! [29.03.2011] | When the United Nations adopted the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961, most people did not expect that 50 years later nobody will celebrate ... |
| UN drugs chief sticks to punitive policy despite major failings [25.03.2011] | International efforts to tackle the "global threat" of illicit drugs must be "rejuvenated" in accordance with a 50-year-old convention despite a seri ... |
| TNI Side Event at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs [24.03.2011] | The year 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the bedrock of the current UN drug control system. TN ... |
| Rejuvenation or defection [21.03.2011] | In his opening speech at the 54th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov disagreed with critics that the ... |
| Fifty Years of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs: A Reinterpretation [19.03.2011] | This year marks the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, signed on 30 March 1961. 73 countries were represente ... |
| Lifting the ban on coca chewing [18.03.2011] | January 31 marked the close of the 18-month period during which countries could submit objections to Bolivia’s proposal to remove from the 1961 Singl ... |
| Annual report of the International Narcotics Control Board: Corruption, human rights and OST [03.03.2011] | The International Narcotics Control Board yesterday presented its annual report for 2010. Every year the Board selects a thematic issue of focus, ded ... |
| INCB Report: mixed thoughts [02.03.2011] | Today the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) released its annual report. I’ve been following the Board for many, many years now, have often ... |
| Objections and support for Bolivia's coca amendment [01.03.2011] | After the closure of the January 31, 2011, deadline to file objections to the Bolivian amendment to remove the ban on coca leaf chewing in the 1961 U ... |
| Seventeen objections to abolishing the ban on coca chewing [07.02.2011] | The final count after closure of the January 31 deadline to file objections to the Bolivian amendment to remove the ban on coca leaf chewing in the 1 ... |
| The development of international drug control [01.02.2011] | The emergence of more pragmatic and less punitive approaches to the drugs issue may represent the beginning of change in the current global drug cont ... |
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