Let us be clear what we should be fighting against, and for.
Who will think of the EU as a global actor with normative power, now that it finds itself in the role of rubberstamping and in fact facilitating Turkey's slide into the abyss?
Ante la montaña de violaciones de derechos humanos que causa la criminalización de los que consumen drogas, algunos estados están abandonando los enfoques punitivos. Pero ¿dónde acudir? English
Europe needs to show that it actually cares about the cornerstones of democracy by putting pressure on Ankara to restore the free flow of information and ideas.
El enfoque prohibicionista ha ocasionado violaciones sistemáticas de derechos humanos y sufrimientos innecesarios. UNGASS 2016 es una oportunidad para un nuevo enfoque, basado en los derechos humanos y la agenda de desarrollo. English
Uno de los peligros de las medidas antidrogas del nuevo gobierno es que podrían permitir la intervención militar en tareas de seguridad interior. Un camino que, una vez emprendido, es difícil desandar. English
The regime has unleashed a wave of repression that it can no longer control. Power now lies in the hands of those that police local communities: Egypt’s new untouchables, the petty security officials.
“Everyone in the government, the state, wanted this to go unpunished. They thought I would never talk.” Eyewitness Clara Gómez González speaks out. Español
One of the dangers of the new government's anti-drugs measures is that they enable military intervention in matters of domestic security, a path that once taken, is hard to reverse. Español
The prohibitionist approach undertaken by drug policies has created a great deal of unnecessary suffering. With the United Nations General Assembly meeting this April, a paradigm shift is needed in our drug control system. Español
"We have to stop the war on drugs if we want to live in a safer and more just society". (3:53 minutes)
The city-state has been distributing morbid anti-drug propaganda in its schools. So we asked an expert what Singapore’s harsh anti-drug policies actually achieve in reality.
