On this edition of Prison Pipeline: The Global War on Drugs.
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs held its 69th session March 9 through 13. Delegates from many of the world’s nations along with officials from UN agencies and representatives of nongovernmental agencies and civil society met in Vienna, Austria for a series of meetings and side events.
On this week's show we hear highlights from #CND69 including presentations by Chloe Carpentier, Chief of the Research and Knowledge Production Section at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime; Dr. Justice Tettey, Chief of the Research and Knowledge Production Section at UNODC; Dr. Tracie L. Keesee with the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement; Dr. Albert K. Barume, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Ann Fordham, Executive Director of the International Drug Policy Consortium; and Catherine Cook, Executive Director of Harm Reduction International.