IDPC held a post-CND strategy meeting in the margins of the IHRA conference, where present IDPC members met to reflect on the outcomes of the High Level Meeting in March in Vienna and discuss next steps for international advocacy.
Harm Reduction 2009 on 'harm reduction and human rights' took place in Bangkok from April 20-24th and brought together around 1,000 delegates from 80 countries around the world.
AHRN and CDC Taiwan collaborated to produce a short film on harm reduction and services in Taiwan. The final project was launched at a special satellite session at the 20th International Harm Reduction Conference in Bangkok in April 2009.
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development organised a parliamentarians’ session at the International Harm Reduction Conference in Bangkok, Thailand on 21st April. They agreed that in addition to health services and harm reduction programmes, there needs to be an enabling legal environment in which drug users are treated humanely and are not at risk of abuse when they access these services.
Read the IDPC concept paper on our new law enforcement project. Please forward to any senior law enforcement managers who may be supportive of the ideas put forward.
This proceedings document provides the reader with a summary of what happened at the 52nd session of the CND and its High Level Segment and offers an analysis of some of the key discussions and debates.
IHRA has launched two advocacy tools to inform government delegations and civil society about the global appeal of - and support for - the harm reduction approach.
Two new websites have been launched during February to provide a wide range of information, materials and activities to a global audience interested in the impact of drug use and drug policies on ordinary people.