Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women: Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women, Rashida Manjoo (2013)

The report details various incarceration rates of women across different countries, and it notes that the Global Commission on Drug Policy has argued that despite harsher laws and policies and rising incarceration rates, it is not clear that the drug policies are having their intended effect of reducing or eliminating drug offences.

Citation: Rashida Manjoo, 'Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences: Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women' (2013) A/68/340

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