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Thematic Factsheets on the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

The Press Service of the ECHR has compiled Factsheets by theme on the Court’s case-law and pending cases. These are very useful resources, including links to the cases referred to. Of particular...

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Cambodians beaten, raped and killed at illegal detention camp funded by UN....

‘Undesirables’ are swept from the streets before being detained without trial, say human rights groups Ben Doherty, 28 October 2010 UN funding is being used to run a brutal internment camp for the...

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The Limits of Equivalence: Ethical Dilemmas in Providing Care in Drug...

International Journal of Prisoner Health 6(2):37-43, 2010 Abstract This article considers the phenomenon of detention centers as a purported means of drug treatment, common throughout much of Asia. It...

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Amicus curiae brief to Colombian Constitutional Court: Decriminalisation, the...

Damon Barrett, Project Director of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, has submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Constitutional Court of Colombia (Docket D-8371) in a case...

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‘Drug Control, Human Rights, and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard...

Human Rights Quarterly 33 (2011) 856–877 Abstract: A recent article in this journal [Human Rights Quarterly] challenged claims that a human rights framework should be applied to drug control. This...

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Children of the Drug War: Webcast of the seminar held at LSE’s Mannheim...

The Mannheim Centre for Criminology (LSE) held on November 22 a specialty seminar to mark the publication of “Children of the Drug War: Perspectives on the Impact of Drug Policies in Young People”. The...

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Mexican human rights group asks ICC to probe president and top officials

Reuters reported that a group of human rights activits have requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a formal investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mexico. They...

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A new language for the children of the drug wars

For decades, governments have used the rhetoric of war to describe their drug control efforts and rally their populations behind hardline policies they say will help protect children. Nayeli Urquiza,...

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Narcotics Watchdog Turns Blind Eye to Rights Abuses

Patrick Gallahue’s most recent op-ed presents a strong argument against the reluctance of the International Narcotics Control Board to condemn the human rights violations done in the name of drug...

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Parallel Universes: Human Rights and International Drug Control

This video produced by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union highlights the human rights violations done against people all over the world as a result of the current international drug control system....

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