Paula Aguirre Ospina; Adriana Muro Polo; Luis Felipe Cruz-Olivera; Isabel Pereira-Arana
Desde Elementa y Dejusticia celebramos la oportunidad de presentar insumos a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos y consideramos que es fundamental que se prioricen cinco temas de importancia para la garantía de derechos. El contexto actual presenta oportunidades de avanzar hacia una política de drogas con enfoque de derechos y justicia social que le apueste a un cambio de estrategias, consolidando una aproximación que permita diagnosticar los daños causados por la política prohibicionista e identificar a las poblaciones directamente afectadas por su implementación para poder repararlas, como lo recomendó la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No
Repetición (CEV).
The purpose of this report is to reflect on almost ten years of collective research and joint advocacy by the working group, its achievements and disappointments, as well as challenges and opportunities for the future.
The first effort was the publication and dissemination of “Women, Drug Policy and Incarceration: A Guide for Policy Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean,” which provides a roadmap for reducing the incarceration of women. The working group later published additional research and reports, proposing sound and clear policy recommendations that were valuable inputs for advocacy. In nearly ten years of collective action, the working group has succeeded in placing this issue on the agenda of relevant UN and OAS bodies and in countries across the region, creating a propitious environment for carrying out reforms.
