Bernard Leroy

Bernard Leroy
INCB member, 2014–2023

Bernard Louis Fernand Leroy (Pierreville, 26 June 1948 – Paris, 20 February 2023)[1] was a French magistrate and international civil servant.

Trained in law at Caen and at the magistrates’ school in Bordeaux, he began his career as an investigating judge in Évry.[2]

In 1988 he joined the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna, Austria to combat drug trafficking; he later led the UNODC legal assistance program (1990–2010).[3]

Elected to the International Narcotics Control Board in 2014 and again in 2019,[4] he later served as advocate general in Versailles and headed an organization of pharmaceutical companies fighting counterfeit medicines.

Towards the end of his life, he began a dialogue with organisations of people who use cannabis in relation to cannabis legalisation[5][6] and discussions around Article 2 paragraph 9 of the Single Convention on narcotic drugs.[7][8]

He died in Paris in 2023 and is buried in Pierreville.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bernard Leroy — Wikimanche". www.wikimanche.fr. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  2. ^ Mikaël (2023-02-20). "Hommage à Bernard Leroy, pionnier de la lutte contre les faux médicaments". Fondation Brazzaville (in French). Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  3. ^ Leroy, Bernard (2014). "Drug trafficking". Routledge Handbook of Transnational Criminal Law. Routledge.
  4. ^ a b "In remembrance - Mr. Bernard Leroy". www.incb.org. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  5. ^ Le Collectif (2020-11-23). "Interview de Bernard Leroy, le membre français de l'OICS". NORML France (in French). Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  6. ^ Observatorio Civil de Drogas; Ateneu Barcelonés (2016-04-06). "The Future of Drugs Policy – "Drug Policies in 21st Century"". Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  7. ^ Ghehiouèche, Farid (2004-04-19). "Bernard Leroy n'est plus de ce monde : l'OICS perd son membre français". Cannabis Sans Frontieres (in French). Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  8. ^ Fields of Green for All (2024). Commission on Narcotic Drugs Sixty-seventh session … Implementation of the international drug control treaties: other matters arising from the international drug control treaties: Statement submitted by Fields of Green for All NPC, a nongovernmental organization in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. Vienna: United Nations.
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