Unscheduling the coca leaf

Coca leaf: Myths and Reality

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:54:03 +0000

Many myths surround coca. Every day press accounts around the world use the word coca in their headlines, when they refer in fact to cocaine. TNI's Drugs and Democracy Team expose the myths and reali ...

Migrants and traditional use

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:12:21 +0000

For the past several years, Fundación ICEERS, with the support of allied organisations such as the Transnational Institute (TNI), has been assisting in the legal defense of people with a migrant back ...

Coca leaf: A Political Dilemma

Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:46:02 +0000

For fifty years the World’s attitude to and treatment of the coca leaf and coca farmers has been controlled by the UN Drugs Conventions beginning with the Convention of 1961 which prohibited the prod ...

Schijnheilig bezwaar van Nederland tegen het kauwen van coca bladeren

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:27:26 +0000

De Nederlandse regering heeft bij de Verenigde Naties bezwaar aangetekend tegen de herintreding van Bolivia in het Enkelvoudig Verdrag inzake verdovende middelen uit 1961. Bolivia was vorig jaar uitg ...

Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:04:53 +0000

Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, but without being bound by ...

Objections to Bolivia's reservation to allow coca chewing in the UN conventions

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:37:46 +0000

Sweden joined the United States and the United Kingdom in objecting to the re-accession of Bolivia to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after Bolivia had denounced the convention and as ...

European Union discussion on response to Bolivia's denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:54:44 +0000

The following notes are summaries of the EU Horizontal Working Party on Drugs discussions about Bolivia’s coca amendment and denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, taken from t ...

The UN International Narcotics Control Board Releases 2011 Annual Report

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

The UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which monitors implementation of the global drug treaties, has trained its fire on Bolivia, this time accusing the country of threatening the in ...

Response of Bolivia to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:26:25 +0000

In a letter to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) the Government of Bolivia rejects the judgments made by the independent agency of the United Nations after a visit in December 2011 and ...

Bolivia, the coca leaf and the right to reserve

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:29:54 +0000

Just before ending 2011, Bolivia presented the formal notification to the United Nations secretariat in New York, announcing their re-adherence to the 1961 UN Single Convention, including a reservati ...

Evo does not convince the INCB on coca chewing

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:52:58 +0000

The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, yesterday asked inspectors of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) of the United Nations to support his petition to decriminalize coca leaf chewing ...

Bolivia’s legal reconciliation with the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:58:39 +0000

On 29 June 2011, the Bolivian government denounced the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the 1972 Protocol, indicating its intention to re-accede with a reservation allowing for ...

Bolivia Withdraws from the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:50:26 +0000

The Bolivian government formally notified the UN Secretary General of its withdrawal from the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (as amended by the 1972 Protocol) yesterday. The withdrawal will ...

Bolivia’s concurrent drug control and other international legal commitments

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:03:27 +0000

Bolivia’s denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is not just about one treaty. It is about finding an appropriate balance between multiple concurrent and conflicting internation ...

Bolivia’s denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:04:20 +0000

Bolivia initially proposed an amendment to article 49, deleting the therein contained obligation that “coca leaf chewing must be abolished”. The article allowed countries only a temporary exemption, ...

Bolivia to denounce and rejoin the 1961 UN Single Convention with respect to coca leaf chewing

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:27:52 +0000

Press conference by H.E. Pablo Solon, Permanent Representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia on the theme, "denounce and rejoin the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, with respect t ...

Lifting the ban on coca chewing

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:19:05 +0000

January 31 marked the close of the 18-month period during which countries could submit objections to Bolivia’s proposal to remove from the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs the obligation to a ...

Objections and support for Bolivia's coca amendment

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:19:05 +0000

After the closure of the January 31, 2011, deadline to file objections to the Bolivian amendment to remove the ban on coca leaf chewing in the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 18 objectio ...

The U.S. Can Still Correct its Position on Bolivia's UN Coca Chewing Amendment

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:22:39 +0000

The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), the Andean Information Network (AIN), and more than 200 other concerned organizations and individuals yesterday sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State ...

The U.S. Moves to Block Bolivia’s Request to Eliminate U.N. Ban on Coca Leaf Chewing

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:07:56 +0000

The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Transnational Institute (TNI) have learned that the United States is moving to oppose, as soon as this week, Bolivia’s formal request to remove t ...