Globale Drogenpolitik-Kommission
Die Globale Drogenpolitik-Kommission (Global Commission on Drug Policy, GCDP) ist eine aus 22 Persönlichkeiten des öffentlichen Lebens bestehende Gruppe, die sich - aufbauend auf der ermutigenden Erfahrung der Lateinamerikanischen Drogen- und Demokratie-Kommission (Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy) - zum Ziel gesetzt hat, eine informierte, wissenschaftlich fundierte Diskussion über menschliche und effektive Methoden der Schadensminimierung für Individuen und Gesellschaften auf die internationale Ebene zu tragen.
2011 veröffentlichte die Kommission eine kritische Einschätzung des weltweiten Krieges gegen die Drogen. Der Bericht beginnt mit der Feststellung: "The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world."
40 Jahre der strafrechtlichen, zum Teil auch militärischen und außerrechtlichen Bekämpfung haben ihr Ziel der "drug free world" verfehlt und stattdessen "spawned wide, dramatic eruptions of violence". Der Bericht empfiehlt "decriminalizing drug use by those who do no harm to others."
Mitglieder des GCDP-Gremiums:
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski (Poland), Ex-Präsident von Polen
- Asma Jahangir (Pakistan), human rights activist, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary, Extrajudicial and Summary Executions
- Carlos Fuentes (Mexico), writer and public intellectual (died May 15, 2012)
- César Gaviria (Colombia), former President of Colombia
- Ernesto Zedillo (Mexico), former President of Mexico
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil), former President of Brazil (chair)
- George Papandreou (Greece), former Prime Minister of Greece
- George P. Shultz (United States), former Secretary of State (honorary chair)
- Javier Solana (Spain), former European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy
- John C. Whitehead (United States), banker and civil servant, chair of the World Trade Center Memorial
- Jorge Sampaio (Portugal), former President of Portugal
- Kofi Annan (Ghana), former Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Louise Arbour (Canada), former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, president of the International Crisis Group
- Maria Cattaui (Switzerland), member of the Board, Petroplus Holdings; former Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce
- Marion Caspers-Merk (Germany), former State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)
- Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru), writer and public intellectual, Nobel Prize laureate
- Michel Kazatchkine (France), executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Paul Volcker (United States), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve and of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board
- Pavel Bém (Czech Republic) former Mayor of Prague, member of the Parliament, Czech Republic
- Ricardo Lagos (Chile) former President of Chile
- Richard Branson (United Kingdom), entrepreneur, advocate for social causes, founder of the Virgin Group, co-founder of The Elders
- Ruth Dreifuss (Switzerland), former President of Switzerland and Minister of Home Affairs
- Thorvald Stoltenberg (Norway), former Minister of Foreign Affairs and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees[3]
Weblinks
- Global Commission on Drug Policy, in: de.wikipedia
- Global Commission on Drug Policy, in: en.wikipedia