Justice Project Pakistan and the National Commission for Human Rights highlight how punitive drug laws and prolonged pre-trial detention are fuelling prison overcrowding, underscoring the need for rights-based reform.
The OHCHR warns that shrinking civic space, restrictive legislation and funding cuts are undermining civil society participation, including the work of organisations advocating for harm reduction and rights-based drug policies.
García Cortina and Azorín Ortega question the basis of quantity thresholds used in Spain to distinguish between possession and trafficking, highlighting implications for people engaging in chemsex and calling for greater transparency and safeguards.
The Penington Institute describes Australia's record drug-induced deaths as the result of policy failure that has left harm reduction underfunded, and calls for a balanced approach that responds to complex and emerging harms.
Justice Project Pakistan's brief shows how Pakistan's punitive drug control system places women at greater risk of criminalisation, particularly those facing structural, social and economic barriers, and calls for gender-responsive legislation that upholds their rights.
The UN Special Rapporteur concludes that US military attacks against people suspected of drug trafficking cannot be justified under international law and may constitute crimes against humanity.
EHRA argues that debates over different naloxone formulations in the EECA region distract from the barriers preventing it from reaching the people most likely to witness an overdose.
The OHCHR highlights how punitive approaches expose women and girls to disproportionate incarceration, violence, discrimination and barriers to services, and urges states to adopt a rights-based and gender-responsive perspective, including decriminalisation and responsible regulation.
The report summarises the Dialogue's discussions, highlighting progress and implementation gaps under Act 1019 as well as priorities for strengthening harm reduction, treatment, human rights and public health responses.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy calls for a child rights-based overhaul of drug policy, urging governments to move away from punitive approaches and ensure access to health services, essential controlled medicines, harm reduction and safeguards.
Potter et al.'s findings challenge stereotypes of cannabis growers, finding that small-scale cultivation is increasingly widespread, socially embedded, and largely disconnected from profit-driven drug markets and serious criminal activity.
WHRIN documents 19 actions led by women and gender expansive people who use drugs across 16 countries, with this year's campaign marked by country-level coordination and consortium collaborations that increased the reach of collective action.
