Tech & Rights

Santos Uses Nobel Prize Speech to Call for 'Rethink' of War on Drugs

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday and used his speech to call for the world to "rethink" the war on drugs. He said the zero-tolerance policy might be "even more harmful"...

by LibertiesEU
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos urged world governments to consider current drug policy.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday and used his speech to call for the world to "rethink" the war on drugs. He said the zero-tolerance policy might be "even more harmful" than all the other wars being fought worldwide. Santos said it was "time to change our strategy" on drugs, and that Colombia had "paid the highest cost in deaths and sacrifices" during the war on drugs. The half-century-long civil war in his country killed 220,000 people and left some 8 million more displaced.

Donate to liberties

DONATE TO LIBERTIES

Your donation makes our team stronger, our campaigns louder, and our defense of your human & digital rights more impactful.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • 100+ EU-wide human & digital rights campaigns
  • 500+ rights defenders trained
  • 70,000+ monthly website visitors
  • Quotes in The Guardian, The New York Times, Reuters & more


See our annual reports for more

Subscribe to stay in

the loop

Why should I?

You will get the latest reports before everyone else!

You can follow what we are doing for your right!

You will know about our achivements!

Show me a sample!