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La forma más elegante de acabar con la prohibición mundial del cannabis: la modificación inter se

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Control de drogas de la ONU
Planta de cannabis
Spanish
Programmes: 
Drogas y Democracia
Article type: 
Multi-media
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Los países que están adoptando regulaciones contravienen el derecho internacional. En este vídeo, explicamos una estrategia para resolver esas tensiones jurídicas y facilitar un cambio gradual y sostenible a escala global.

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Un número creciente de países se está dando cuenta de que la prohibición del cannabis hace más daño que bien. Genera cargas pesadas en los sistemas de justicia penal, la discriminación y la marginación de varios grupos sociales, e impactos perjudiciales en la salud y la seguridad públicas. Desde la década de 1970, Gobiernos de todo el mundo han empezado a experimentar con modelos de tolerancia... Read more

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The elegant way to end global cannabis prohibition: Inter se modification

Topic: 
Cannabis
Drug Law Reform
UN Drug Control
English
Programmes: 
Drugs & Democracy
Article type: 
Multi-media
Teaser: 

Countries that embrace legal regulation find themselves in breach of international law. In this video, we explain a strategy to resolve those treaty tensions and to enable progressive and sustainable change at the global level.

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Around the world, a growing number of countries have realised that cannabis prohibition has done more harm than good. It has led to heavy burdens on criminal justice systems, discrimination and marginalisation of various social groups, as well as damaging impacts on public health and security. Since the 1970s, governments around the world have begun experimenting with lenient approaches toward... Read more

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Balancing Treaty Stability and Change
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A response to Professor John Ruggie's 'Comments on the “Zero Draft” Treaty on Business & Human Rights'

Topic: 
Binding Treaty TNCs
English
Programmes: 
Corporate Power
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Harris Gleckman
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Prof John Ruggie has shared his comments on the Zero Draft treaty on TNCs and human rights on this blog earlier this month. His core concerns are that the zero draft has not adequately deal with ‘scale’ and ‘liability’. This response argues that Ruggie’s arguments in opposition to the binding treaty are misdirected and they fail to recognise the historic opportunity offered by the Human Right... Read more

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Before I address his two major concerns, I’d like to make three preliminary observations.... Read more

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