10 years review

TNI Drugs and Democracy Programme 1998-2008

Drugs and Democracy

July 2008

This report summarises the lessons of TNI's 10 years of work in the field of international drug policy, emphasising drug controls that respect human rights: the rights of farmers caught in the illicit economy to a life in dignity; decriminalisation of drug use; and the promotion of harm reduction approaches where they are proven to save lives.

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TNI has been involved in international drugs policy work since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS). This new report summarises the lessons of 10 years of work in this field, emphasising drug controls that respect human rights: the rights of farmers caught in the illicit economy to a life in dignity; decriminalisation of drug use; and the promotion of harm reduction approaches where they are proven to save lives.

Introduction
Fiona Dove
Our mission, our vision
Transnational dialogue: Local dynamics, global context
Martin Jelsma
The ethics of drugs policy
Morality versus a rights-based approach
Pien Metaal
TNI and the UNGASS: From zero tolerance to harm reduction
Tom Blickman
Drugs & conflict : Ten years of war and drugs in Colombia, Burma and Afghanistan
Tom Blickman, Tom Kramer & Amira Armenta
Looking forward: Drugs & Democracy: Challenges for the future
Martin Jelsma