Louise Arbour is a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and a former UN high commissioner for human rights. Helen Clark is chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and a former prime minister of New Zealand. […]
A global coalition of policy makers is calling for a total rethink on illicit drugs policy, saying the “war on drugs is lost” — and the time has come for a new approach. The Global Commission on Drug Policy has […]
See the original article on The Daily Star We live in a world of mass incarceration. On this day on the planet, over 11 million people are behind bars. That’s about the entire population of Belgium. A relatively small fraction […]
Read original article in Salon America’s “war on drugs” has failed. We need more policies that treat drug abuse as a public health issue. Written by: Louise Arbour, Geoff Gallop and Miriam Aroni Krinsky Last week, a Philadelphia judge rejected […]
Lire l’article original dans Le Temps Dans une tribune, Ruth Dreifuss et Louise Arbour plaident pour des alternatives à la détention pour les délinquants qui occupent le bas de la pyramide criminelle de la drogue et n’exercent ni violence ni responsabilité. […]
Read original article in The Guardian Drug control efforts across the world are a threat to human dignity and the right to life. In 2017, more than 70,000 people died from a drug overdose in the US. Among the reasons for these deaths […]
FRANCAIS – ESPAÑOL (Geneva, 15 January 2019) The Global Commission on Drug Policy is honored and delighted to welcome a distinguished new member, Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. At the same time, the […]