Petro's new Government and his commitment to drug policy change could usher in a new future of drug control for Colombia and the world. Source: Gabriel Leonardo Guerrero
8 September 2022
Drug Trafficking
An Iranian drug trafficker who was arrested and hung for the crime of smuggling eight kilograms of heroin in 2014. Source: Wikimedia Commons
6 September 2022
Parliamentary proceedings in Ghana require an early presentation of any bill amendments before they can be passed into law. Source: Delali Adogla-Bessa
1 September 2022
Women’s incarceration is on the rise across Latin America and is growing at a much faster rate than that of men, with devastating consequences for the women deprived of liberty, their families and communities. Source: WOLA
11 July 2022
Seed of Hope, a group of people who use drugs in an OST program, using art therapy as a means of developing resilience and talent. Programme funded by the GITOC Resilience Fund.
30 June 2022
Honduras, which has had a narco-dictatorship until recently, is now a key state in the struggle against narco-traffickers and land recovery.
21 April 2022
In December 2020, when almost 200.000 people had already succumbed to COVID-19, Sao Paulo’s right-wing governor, Joao Doria, inaugurated a new penitentiary in the city of Registro. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Author: Governo do Estado de São Paulo.
31 March 2022
Image: Salto Ángel Waterfall in Venezuela
1 March 2022
2 February 2022
Ukrainian activists demand the release of Natasha Zelenina, who is illegally imprisoned in the Ukrainian uncontrolled territory in the east of the country. Photo: source
18 January 2022