Home > Edging forward: how the UN’s language on drugs has advanced since 1990 (version 2).

Bridge, Jamie and Hallam, Christopher and Nougier, Marie and Herrero Cangas, Miguel and Jelsma, Martin and Blickman, Tom and Bewley-Taylor, Dave and Bowdery, Daisy (2021) Edging forward: how the UN’s language on drugs has advanced since 1990 (version 2). London: International Drug Policy Consortium.

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In an effort to help digest and contextualise the UNGASS Outcome Document, this IDPC briefing paper explores a selection of key themes by analysing the consensus-based language agreed by UN member states during high-level meetings over the last quarter of a century. The briefing studies the evolution in agreed language on: the success/failure of drug control, harm reduction, human rights, development, civil society engagement, criminal justice responses and flexibilities in the conventions, access to controlled medicines and UN systemwide coherence.

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