Pressure on Colombia to Forcibly Eradicate Coca Could Spur Human Rights Violations: Think Tank

Oct 24, 2017 | Jack Norman
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US support for Colombia’s peace process will backfire unless counter-narcotics policies are implemented with much greater patience, according to a new report from a major Colombian think tank.

According to the Fundacion Ideas Para la Paz (FIP) from Bogota, the pressure to forcibly eradicating coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, could increase human rights violations by security forces.

International NGOs warned earlier this year about the potentially destabilizing effects of the US-supported effort to forcibly eradicate illicit crops like coca and marijuana.