http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:23:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) published this week an exclusive investigation on the use of Afghan children as drug mules, who take high risks to smuggle heroin into Iran. The story highlights the risks not only from swalling pellets with heroin, which can burst during the ... http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2012/02/afghan-children-ensnared-in-heroin-trade-with-iran/ Children in Mexico's 'Drug War': Criminals or Victims? Mexico's drug war has taken its toll on children. More than 30,000 of them have been involved in organized crime, according to the Children's Rights Network (REDIM). These children are paid by drug gangs to do minor roles such as drug running or being ... http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2012/01/children-in-mexico-criminals-or-victims/ The International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy will be holding a series of seminars within the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies.  The topic of the lectures will be 'Concerned with the health and welfare of mankind?' - Drugs, Human Rights and bridging 'Parallel ... http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2012/01/public-and-social-policy-programme-national-university-of-ireland-galway-%e2%80%93-1-february-2012/ The International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy will present a 2-hour seminar on ‘Drug Control and Public Policy’ as part of the curriculum of the BA in Public and Social Policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2012/01/public-and-social-policy-programme-national-university-of-ireland-galway-%e2%80%93-1-february-2012-2/ PBS Frontline broadcasted on January 3 a thought provoking reportage on Afghanistan's opium brides. Reporter Najibullah Quraishi journeyed into the Afghan countryside to reveal the deadly bargain local farm families have been forced to make with drug smugglers in order to survive. Watch this story and related stories in Frontline's ... http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2012/01/opium-brides/ Human Rights and Abuses to Health Care, Interights Bulletin, Winter 2011, Volume 16, Number 4. Harm Reduction and Human Rights Abstract ‘Harm reduction’ is a phrase that may be unfamiliar to many in the human rights field despite the fact that its ethos and way of working is very close to it. ... http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2012/01/harm-reduction-and-human-rights/ 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, Research Fellow at the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, argues it’s this very terminology that ... http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2012/01/a-new-language-for-the-children-of-the-drug-wars/ The Central European University, based in Budapest, taking applications to the course "Human Rights and Drug Policy". The course will be held from 16 July-27 July, 2012. The course aims to situate drug policies globally within a framework of fundamental human rights, and to assess the extent to which country and ... http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2012/01/2012-summer-course-on-human-rights-and-drug-policy-central-european-university/ The war on drugs in Mexico has left thousands of people dead and a country in peril. But how can international law address this situation? In an article published by Open Democracy, Patrick Gallahue comments on the recent petition made by Mexican human rights activists to the International Criminal Court to ... http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2012/01/mexico-war-crimes-and-a-slippery-slope/ The ‘War on Drugs’ has not only affected people but also the environment. Current drug policies have not reduced the environmental harm caused by illicit drug production but actually increased them according to the latest briefing by ‘Count the Costs’, a project launched earlier this year by a range of ... http://www.humanrightsanddrugs.org/2011/12/count-the-costs-damage-to-the-environment/