Colombia

Side event: The ineffectiveness of disproportionate sentencing: Towards sensible and people-centred policies

Organised by the Instituto RIA AC with the support of Colombia, Elementa DDHH, DeJusticia, Acción Técnica Social, the Drug Policy Alliance, the International Drug Policy Consortium and the Law Enforcement Action Partnership Luiz Felipe Cruz, Lyn Ulbricht,Tehshia Naidoo, Neil Woods, Camilo Eduardo Umana Tuesday 14th March 13:00-13:50 Luiz Felipe (DeJusticia):  There has been the implementation …

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Resolution L3. Promoting alternative development as a development-oriented drug control strategy, taking into account measures to protect the environment and recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples

16/3/2023 Thursday 5pm Chair: I would like Peru to update the room since we last considered the draft resolution Peru: good afternoon, well today was an intense day of work and we were able to make significant progress on this resolution. We have agreement formally on a number of paras however we have almost reached …

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Side event (in Spanish): Relevancia de la inclusión de la perspectiva de género en las políticas de drogas. Indicadores para el monitoreo

Organizado por Argentina con el apoyo de Brasil, Colombia, México e Intercambios Asociación Civil, y COPOLAD. Pablo Cymerman, Intercambios. Las inequidades de géneros atraviesan los temas relacionados con políticas de drogas. Esta sesión pretende mostrar que están haciendo los países latinoamericanos en esta materia en sus políticas de prevención, atención e investigación. Antes de presentar …

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Side Event: Aligning Drug Policy with Environmental Protection

Organized by the Transnational Institute with the support of Brazil, Colombia, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, Health Poverty Action, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Open Society Foundation, Viso Mutop and the Washington Office on Latin America   Clemmie James, Health Poverty Action: Today, we will explore how punitive drug policies have accelerated environmental degradation …

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Side event: Licit uses of coca crops in Colombia

Organised by the Stichting International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service with the support of Colombia and the Open Society Foundations. The reflections start from the fact that Colombia has more than 200,000 ha. of coca. Eradication actions have reached their limit. That’s why this event tries to think of new ideas on how …

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