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THE SWISS FOUR PILLARS POLICY: An Evolution From Local Experimentation to Federal Law - (2009) (English) | |
| Within the context of the November referendum, this briefing paper aims to relate lessons learned by the incremental implementation of the Four Pillar Policy in Switzerland. Initially innovative and centred in 'progressive' urban areas, the 4-Pillar Policy spread little by little throughout the nation. Considered politically radical at its inception, the principle of harm reduction gradually gained the support of the population as a whole. As such, Switzerland's case demonstrates that in certain socio-political settings it is possible for an integrated drug policy centred on health to overcome the ideological imperatives previously motivating governing authorities to adopt a law enforcement-oriented approach. As the brief demonstrates, once implemented in certain locales, the majority of the actively voting Swiss population became convinced by the advantages of the new policy approach in terms of public security, public health and social cohesion. Nonetheless, if the Swiss experience effectively establishes that the population as a whole can embrace such policies once they have been adopted in certain localities, it also illustrates that it takes time for wider societal attitudes to change. [+ more] | ||
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The Incarceration of Drug Offenders: An Overview - (2009) (English) | |
| This report published by the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme in partnership with the International Centre for Prison Studies at Kings College London, revisits the topic of the incarceration of drug offenders. The report provides an overview of some of the available incarceration data from around the world and brings together much contemporary research on the topic. A great deal of the discussion concerns one of the most enthusiastic supporters of incarceration as a drug prevention measure, the United States. It is suggested however, that the results of policy within the United States should be used as evidence to encourage other member states not to follow this route. [+ more] | ||
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A Report on Global Illicit Drug Markets 1998-2007 - (2009) (English) | |
| In response to concerns that the official data collected by the UNODC for the 10 year review of drug policy would be insufficient, the European Commission funded a research study into the scale and nature of global drug markets, and the trends in these markets over the last decade. [+ more] | ||
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International AIDS Society letter - (2009) (English) | |
| The International AIDS Society letter to the CND calls for the inclusion of evidence-based support for harm reduction, and for essential medicines for OST and palliative care into the global frameworks for control of narcotic drugs. [+ more] | ||
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UN Special Rapporteurs write to Chair of CND offering guidance on human rights - (2009) (English) | |
| The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment - Professor Manfred Nowak - and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health - Mr Anand Grover - have written to the Chairperson of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to "offer guidance" regarding human rights issues that have arisen during the UN's ten-year drug strategy review. [+ more] | ||
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Global Fund Letter to CND Chairperson - (2009) (English) | |
| The Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Michel Kazatchkine, urged the president of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to send a strong message to the world with clear and specific language that calls for comprehensive harm reduction services. [+ more] | ||
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UNAIDS letter to CND chairperson - (2009) (English) | |
| Michel Sidibé, The newly appointed Executive Director of UNAIDS has written to Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, the Chairperson of CND to convey his hope "that the Commission will further advance UN system-wide coherence in relation to the body of evidence in support of harm reduction measures in tackling drug use." [+ more] | ||
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First Global Forum of Producers of Crops Declared to be Illicit - (2009) (English) | |
| Approximately 50 producers of coca leaves, cannabis and opium poppy from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Asia and more than 20 experts and NGO representatives gathered at this first world forum in Barcelona, Spain from January 29 to 31, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. [+ more] | ||
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Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy - (2009) (English) | |
| This “Blue Ribbon” commission presented its findings on February 11, 2009 in its statement, Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift. [+ more] | ||
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SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS WRITE TO CND - (2008) (English) | |
| The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the prevention of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and the Special Rapporteur on the right to health have produced guidelines for the political declaration and its annex that will be agreed at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs this March. [+ more] | ||