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1. Fraught with Pain: Access to Palliative Care and Treatment for Heroin Use Disorder in Colombia

Author:
Lucía Ramírez Bolívar and Isabel Pereira
Publication Date:
08-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Dejusticia
Abstract:
This books seeks to facilitate linkages between discussions on the right to health and discussions on drug policy reform. The populations we talk about here are the noes most in need of a change whereby drug culture measures cease to stand in the way of a life free from pain.
Topic:
Health, War on Drugs, and Drugs
Political Geography:
Colombia and Latin America

2. Palliative Care: A Human Rights Approach to Health Care

Author:
Isabel Pereira
Publication Date:
05-2018
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Dejusticia
Abstract:
This report compiles the results of a research project aimed at describing the current palliative care situation in eight Latin American countries. The project’s general objective—to raise awareness and influence public policy around the need to approach palliative care from a human rights perspective—was achieved through rapprochement among professionals from various fields in the region, which in and of itself is a key step forward in terms of bringing together communities that defend patients’ rights with communities that advocate a drug policy embracing a public health focus.
Topic:
Health and Health Care Policy
Political Geography:
Latin America

3. A balancing act: Drug policy in Colombia after UNGASS 2016

Author:
Luis Felipe Cruz and Isabel Pereira
Publication Date:
12-2017
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
Dejusticia
Abstract:
This document is the result of a project developed by Dejusticia in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and Law of Colombia and the British Embassy in Colombia, with funds from the United Kingdom through its embassy in Colombia. During 2016, two historic events were held to reflect about drug strategies in Colombia: the United Nations Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS 2016) and the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Government and the FARC-EP, which includes the agreement on the “Solution to the problem of illicit drugs”. In light of the commitments made by the Colombian State, there are challenges and possibilities for drug policy reform, particularly when hoping to achieve a better balance between a criminalization perspective and the recognition and guarantee of rights to populations affected by prohibition’s harmful effects.
Topic:
Human Rights, War on Drugs, Criminal Justice, Public Policy, Drugs, and Public Health
Political Geography:
United Kingdom, Colombia, and Latin America