Bolivien. Latest UNODC Monitoring Report shows decline of coca cultivation in Bolivia La Paz/Vienna, 22 August 2019 - In 2018, the cultivation of coca crops in Bolivia decreased by six per cent compared to data from 2017, according to the latest ...

Mexiko. Mexican bishop says criminal groups ‘seeking an exit,’ urges dialogue A bishop in Mexico’s heroin-producing heartland is urging the federal government to hold talks with armed groups — including drug cartels — saying many in the illegal d...

Philippinen. Duterte vs Icelanders: Ice-Eating, Fetus-Killers  Lashing out on an island on the other end of the globe, Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte blasted on Tuesday the ‘ice-eating white folks’ of Iceland for lecturing him about ...

Philippinen. The Uncounted Dead of Duterte's Drug War Huge numbers of deaths have gone uncounted in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. What does that mean for due process, and for the countries that emulate him? (The Atlantic, USA, ...

THE COST AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR ON DRUGS (REPORT) Alvaro Piaggio Human Rights Foundation, New York, 07.08.2019 https://hrf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WoD_Online-version-FINAL.pdf

Kolumbien. The War in Catatumbo Abuses by Armed Groups Against Civilians Including Venezuelan Exiles in Northeastern Colombia (...) Catatumbo is an important source of coca, the raw material used to produce cocaine. The United Nations Office on ...