The global pressure for agricultural land, the drug wars and the coup of 2009 have recently increased the human rights abuses in Honduras, especially among indigenous and peasant groups.
The Secretary General of the OAS highlights the urgency to analyse the results of drug policies in the Americas and to explore new approaches to strengthen these efforts and make them more effective.
The task for this consultant is to develop a “roadmap” of EU institutions and mechanisms that can be used by EHRN, IDPC and others in their advocacy efforts for drug policy reform. The deadline for applications is Friday 8th March 2013.
For many decades, the UN has relied on policies based on the prohibitionist drug conventions, that have led to disastrous consequences. With the "Count the Costs" movie series, HCLU is highlighting the devastating negative effects of global prohibition.
