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Dear reader,
On 19 November 2018, the UN adopted a declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, after seventeen years of protracted negotiations. The declaration is a robust tool to defend the many subsistence farmers involved in drug crop cultivation. Our recent report 'Connecting the dots' explores why this is more important and timely than ever.
And there are more new developments in international human rights policy. 2019 will mark the end of a ten year period of the international community reiterating its aspiration to achieve a society free of drug abuse. Time for reflection, culminated in IDPC's report 'Taking Stock: A decade of drug policy’ which gives an overview of the progress and the lack of it made in the last decade, as well as highlighting the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Find out more and see last month’s top stories and publications below.
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The ’Connecting the dots’ report explores the economic, social and cultural impact of current policy on farmers and concludes that it is time to give human rights protection its appropriate place at the heart of drug policy and alternative development. There is an undeniable conflict between international human rights obligations and the UN drug control treaties, especially with respect to indigenous rights.
You can find Martin Jelsma’s presentation of the report for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) here.
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| IDPC REPORT: ‘Taking stock: A decade of drug policy’ |
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‘Taking stock: A decade of drug policy’ evaluates the impacts of drug policies implemented across the world over the past decade, using data from the United Nations (UN), complemented with peer-reviewed academic research and reports from civil society. The important role of civil society in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of global drug policies is recognised in the 2009 Political Declaration and Plan of Action on drugs, as well as in the Outcome Document of the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs. It is in this spirit that the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) has produced this Shadow Report, to contribute constructively to high-level discussions on the next decade in global drug policy.
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| Cannabis in the City: Regulation and Local Authorities in Europe |
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On 19-20 November TNI organised an interactive seminar in Brussels with academics, civil society organisations and representatives from cities from the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland about initiatives to regulate local recreational cannabis markets. The seminar provided participants with the opportunity to share local experiences and reflect on inputs from a comparative analysis of advances in cannabis regulation undertaken in six countries during 2018. A draft of the comparative analysis was presented and information from the seminar will be incorporated into a final report, which will compile experiences of local and regional level regulation in Europe.
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| Forum of Cannabis Clubs and Associations of Catalonia |
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On 23-24 November Tom Blickman of TNI participated in the Second "Forum of Cannabis Clubs and Associations of Catalonia", organized by the ICEERS Foundation, in collaboration with the Drug Policy Unit of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), at the Bellaterra Campus Law School (UAB). The objective of the Forum was to create a space for dialogue between the different agents involved in the cannabis clubs and associations of Catalonia, to spur joint critical reflection on the past, present and future of the model; to improve its functioning, security and community coexistence.
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Formed in 1996, the TNI Drugs & Democracy programme explores the underlying causes of drug production and consumption and advocates for evidence-based policies that respect the human rights of producers and consumers.
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