Drugs and Democracy

TNI’s Drugs & Democracy programme has gained a reputation worldwide as one of the leading international drug policy research institutes and is widely recognised as a critical watchdog on UN drug control institutions and policies.

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TNI/WOLA Drug Law Reform Project

Promoting a more effective and humane drug policy in Latin America

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The security approach to the drugs problem

The drugs problem in Colombia is intertwined with structural factors at the social, economic, institutional and cultural levels. Moreover, its relationship to the armed conflict has had serious consequences for the...

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Redefining Targets

Afghanistan remains the world’s largest producer of opium and has an under-reported but growing heroin-use problem. Current drug control policies in Afghanistan are unrealistic, reflecting a need for immediate signs...

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Centre for Research on Drugs and Human Rights (CIDDH)

The Centre for Research on Drugs and Human Rights (CIDDH) is a Civil Association based in Lima, Peru. Its main objectives are the promotion of debate and implementation of legal reform in drug control in Latin...

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Burma: Neither War Nor Peace

Whilst a twenty year ceasefire still holds, there is unlikely to be peace and democracy in Burma without a political settlement that addresses ethnic minority needs and goals.

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Members of Drugs and Democracy

Amira Armenta	Ernestien Jensema
Martin Jelsma	Pien Metaal
Tom Blickman	Tom Kramer

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The Statistics Bazaar

Ricardo Vargas

Mar 5 2010

The drugs scene in Colombia is characterized by the fact that it is dominated by a confusion of insufficiently supported statistics and speculative diagnoses which produce policies that reflect this chaos.

UN’s International Narcotics Control Board’s Annual Report oversteps mandate and interferes with countries’ sovereignty

Feb 24 2010

The UN's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) annual report released today, which criticizes Argentina, Brazil and Mexico for moving to decriminalize the possession of drugs for personal consumption, clearly oversteps the INCB's mandate and constitutes unwarranted intrusions into these countries' sovereign decision-making.

Prohibition, a backwards step

Diana Esther Guzmán, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes Feb 22 2010

In December 2009, the Congress in Colombia passed a constitutional reform that prohibits the consumption and possession of certain quantities of drugs for personal use, that had previously been legal in the 1991 Constitution. This regressive step is unlikely to reduce consumption and will probably increase overcrowding which plague some of the country’s major prison centres

Drug Law Reform in Ecuador

Feb 17 2010

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Ecuador.

Drug Law Reform in Chile

Feb 17 2010

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Chile.

Drug Law Reform in Bolivia

Feb 17 2010

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Bolivia.

Drug Law Reform in Brazil

Feb 17 2010

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Brazil.

Drug Law Reform: Publications

Feb 16 2010

Publications produced by the project Drug Law Reform in Latin America.

The WHO cocaine project

TNI

Feb 4 2010

In 1995 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) announced in a press release the publication of the results of the largest global study on cocaine use ever undertaken.

Countering illicit and unregulated money flows

Tom Blickman

Jan 25 2010

Since its beginnings in 1989, the international anti-money laundering regime has not worked as well as intended. After two decades of failed efforts, experts still ponder how to implement one that does work. A bolder initiative is required at the United Nations level, moving from recommendations to obligations, and fully engaging developing nations.