The UN warns about the repression and criminalization of protest in Argentina
In a letter addressed to the national government, nine special rapporteurs expressed their concern about the excessive use of force, arbitrary detentions, violence against the elderly and journalists, and attacks on judicial independence. They called on the Argentine State to comply with international standards.
The Internal War: How the fight against drugs is militarizing Latin America
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Argentine judiciary criminalizes an age-old custom
A federal court ruled for pre-trial detention in the case of a young Bolivian who was buying coca leaves for a festival. He has been held in a maximum-security federal prison for a month.
“Argentina is responsible for widespread and persistent violations of the Convention against torture”
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, upon concluding his visit to the country, said that detention conditions in provincial police stations and prisons “severely contravene international standards and are incompatible with human dignity.” He also denounced the “degrading” conditions in the Melchor Romero psychiatric hospital and police violence in low-income neighborhoods. At the same time, he urged the Argentine state to allocate “sufficient resources to ensure the timely processing and adjudication of the remaining cases and trials for crimes against humanity.”
How can we harmonize drug policies with the Sustainable Development Goals?
The construction of new drug policy indicators could help to achieve the sustainable development agenda. The situation of women incarcerated for drug-related offenses is especially worrisome.
