Items tagged with conventions
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Cannabis regulation in Uruguay: "Someone has to be first ..." [17.07.2012] | Uruguay may be poised to become the first country to opt for a state controlled and legally regulated cannabis market for medical as well as recreati ... |
Expert Seminar on the Future of the UN Drug Conventions [22.06.2012] | As the debate on drug policy and law reform gathers momentum on the international stage, the failings of the three UN drug control conventions (1961, ... |
INCB’s tortured logic [02.04.2012] | On several recent occasions, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has refused to offer an opinion on sanctions that violate international ... |
Narcotics watchdog turns blind eye to rights abuses [28.03.2012] | In a world where drug offences are punishable with the death penalty, torture or arbitrary detention, we must ask how far States can go to enforce th ... |
100 years of global drug control [28.03.2012] | This year the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first international opium convention. What the UN drug czar ... |
The Future of the Conventions [13.03.2012] | The year 2012 is particularly fitting to discuss the future of the UN drug control conventions as it marks the 100th anniversary of the first fully-f ... |
Towards revision of the UN drug control conventions [08.03.2012] | Recent years have seen a growing unwillingness among increasing numbers of States parties to fully adhere to a strictly prohibitionist reading of the ... |
The Limits of Latitude [07.03.2012] | Faced with a complex range of drug related problems, a growing number of nations are exploring the development of nationally appropriate policies tha ... |
A Regretful Spirit [28.02.2012] | The terms used in the preface to the 2011 INCB annual report leave no doubt as to the illness afflicting this UN body: a (deep) regret is running thr ... |
The UN International Narcotics Control Board Releases 2011 Annual Report [28.02.2012] | The UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which monitors implementation of the global drug treaties, has trained its fire on Bolivia, th ... |
Response of Bolivia to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) [23.02.2012] | In a letter to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) the Government of Bolivia rejects the judgments made by the independent agency of the ... |
100 years of the war on drugs [23.01.2012] | Hundred years ago, narcotics passed from country to country with minimal interference from the authorities. That all changed with the 1912 Internatio ... |
Regime change [18.01.2012] | March 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. This legal instrument, the bedrock of the current United Nations b ... |
How well do international drug conventions protect public health? [07.01.2012] | The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961 aimed to eliminate the illicit production and non-medical use of cannabis, cocaine, and opioids, an a ... |
Bolivia, the coca leaf and the right to reserve [02.01.2012] | Just before ending 2011, Bolivia presented the formal notification to the United Nations secretariat in New York, announcing their re-adherence to th ... |
Evo does not convince the INCB on coca chewing [16.12.2011] | The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, yesterday asked inspectors of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) of the United Nations to suppor ... |
Drug policy reform [11.12.2011] | The last of the series of Correlation Conferences, entitled ‘Getting out of the margins – Changing realities and making the difference’, took place f ... |
The global war on drugs has failed [21.11.2011] | To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the Beckley Foundation published a public letter calling for a new a ... |
De-emphasising the Single Convention [11.10.2011] | There is a tendency within the civil society groups and academic writings that look at international drug control to focus heavily on the UN Single C ... |
La Bolivia sotto Inquisizione [20.07.2011] | Martin Jelsma (Transnational Institute, Amsterdam) racconta per la rubrica di Fuoriluogo sul Manifesto del 20 luglio 2011 la crociata contro la Boliv ... |
Coca is not Cocaine [19.07.2011] | On June 22nd under instruction from President Evo Morales (an ex-coca grower and leader of Bolivia’s powerful coca federation), Bolivia’s congress vo ... |
Bolivia drops out of UN drug pact to protect its coca chewers [18.07.2011] | Bolivia has presented a denunciation to the UN that seals its resignation from the United Nations 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which ban ... |
Bolivia and the international drug control regime [15.07.2011] | Bolivia has denounced the International Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which bans the traditional practice of chewing coca leaf. Adam talks with Marti ... |
Bolivia’s legal reconciliation with the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [11.07.2011] | On 29 June 2011, the Bolivian government denounced the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the 1972 Protocol, indicating its inten ... |
Treaty guardians in distress [11.07.2011] | Just when you start to see glimmers of hope that the troubled UN drug control system is opening up for a change process, its principal guardian the I ... |
INCB Regrets Bolivia’s Denunciation of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [05.07.2011] | The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) regrets the decision by the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to denounce the Single ... |
Bolivia formally renounces UN narcotics convention because it penalizes coca-leaf chewing [30.06.2011] | Bolivia's government has informed the United Nations it is renouncing the world body's anti-drug convention because it classifies coca leaf as an ill ... |
Bolivia Withdraws from the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [30.06.2011] | The Bolivian government formally notified the UN Secretary General of its withdrawal from the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (as amended by ... |
Bolivia’s concurrent drug control and other international legal commitments [30.06.2011] | Bolivia’s denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is not just about one treaty. It is about finding an appropriate balance betwe ... |
Bolivia’s denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [30.06.2011] | Bolivia initially proposed an amendment to article 49, deleting the therein contained obligation that “coca leaf chewing must be abolished”. The arti ... |
Bolivia to denounce and rejoin the 1961 UN Single Convention with respect to coca leaf chewing [24.06.2011] | Press conference by H.E. Pablo Solon, Permanent Representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia on the theme, "denounce and rejoin the Single Co ... |
Bolivia to withdraw from drugs convention over coca classification [24.06.2011] | Bolivia is set to withdraw from an international narcotics convention in protest at its classification of coca leaves as an illegal drug. President E ... |
Diplomatic games to oppose lifting unjust ban on coca chewing [16.01.2011] | According to the government of Bolivia, the only three countries that did file a formal objection to the amendment of Bolivia to abolish the ban on c ... |
INCB Interferes with Countries' Sovereignty [24.02.2010] | The UN's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) 2009 annual report criticizes Argentina, Brazil and Mexico for moving to decriminalize the poss ... |
Countering illicit and unregulated money flows [24.01.2010] | In this issue of Crime & Globalisation, Tom Blickman tracks the history of the international anti-money laundering (AML) regime. Since its origin in ... |
Drug policy reform in practice [14.08.2009] | The academic journal Nueva Sociedad recently released an issue to promote the debate in Latin America on drug policy reform. TNI contributed with the ... |
Towards a world market for coca leaf? [26.06.2009] | When we think of people like Pope Paul VI, the Queen of Spain or Britain’s Princess Anne, most of us do not think of them as criminals. But that is w ... |
Call to Action: Support Global Drug Policy Reform [25.06.2009] | Call to Action World Drug Day, 26 June 2009 As the United Nations launches the 2009 World Drug Report this week, more than 40 international groups an ... |
INCB elections [20.05.2009] | On Monday the 18th, at the UN-ECOSOC session in New York, elections took place for six members of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). Th ... |
Vienna Consensus on Drug Policy Cracks [07.04.2009] | A clear divide in drug control approaches became apparent at the end of the High Level Segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on March 11- ... |
Global Illicit Drug Markets 1998-2007 [15.03.2009] | This report commissioned by the European Commission, found no evidence that the global drug problem has been reduced during the period from 1998 to 2 ... |
Letter to the UN Secretary General [12.03.2009] | On March 12, 2009, the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, sent a letter sent a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, re ... |
UN System-Wide Coherence [16.02.2009] | The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, wrote a letter to the delegates negotiating the Political Declaration for the 52nd session of the UN ... |
International Support for Harm Reduction [20.01.2009] | A useful overview of UN endorsement of harm reduction measures; the legality of harm reduction services under the Drug Conventions; the obligation in ... |
UNGASS review reaches critical stage [03.11.2008] | Transnational Institute, November 2008 The review of the objectives and action plans agreed at the 1998 UNGASS on Drugs has reached a critical stage. ... |
An Overview of Cannabis Policy [31.10.2008] | On October 2, 2008, the Beckley Foundation launched in the House of Lords its Global Cannabis Commission Report, an authoritative guide to the effect ... |
Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate [01.09.2008] | Despite cannabis being the most widely used illegal drug, and therefore the mainstay of the ‘war on drugs’, it has only ever held a relatively margin ... |
Beyond 2008: Final Declaration and Resolutions [23.07.2008] | The Beyond 2008 NGO Forum was held in Vienna, Austria from July 7-9, 2008. It was the final step in the global consultation of NGOs involved in respon ... |
The current state of drug policy debate [09.06.2008] | Martin Jelsma, from the Transnational Institute, prepared an analysis for the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, explaining the drug p ... |
Costa in Amsterdam [02.06.2008] | The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Costa, recently visited Amsterdam on 24 April. Accompanied by some officials of the Net ... |
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