United Nations

Events

2024 UN Civil Society Conference

Nairobi, Kenya / Online

9 May 2024 - 10 May 2024

The conference precedes the Summit of the Future, reuniting civil society stakeholders to foster collaboration and enhance accountability.

News16 April 2024

A groundbreaking win at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs

A harm reduction resolution was approved at the 67th annual session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, marking a milestone success for civil society's efforts towards rights-based drug policy reform.

Blog17 January 2024

Reading the ‘coca’ leaves: Six predictions for global drug policy in 2024

Ann Fordham, IDPC Executive Director, discusses six critical developments to watch out for in relation to global drug policy.

Publications4 December 2023

Off track: Shadow report for the mid-term review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on drugs

IDPC draws on wide-ranging data from UN, government, academic and civil society sources to conclude that there has been little, incomplete or no progress in achieving the goals set out in the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on Drugs.

Events

Are we on track? — Launch of IDPC's shadow report for the midterm review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on drugs

Vienna, Austria

5 December 2023 - 5 December 2023

IDPC launches a Shadow Report to evaluate progress made against the challenges identified in the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on drugs.

News16 October 2023

IDPC endorses 10 principles for fair, inclusive, transparent appointments for UN senior leaders

IDPC joins over 40 organisations in calling for UN senior appointments to follow a fair, inclusive and transparent process.

Events

67th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)

Vienna, Austria / Online

14 March 2024 - 22 March 2024

The 67th session of CND, including a high-level segment to conduct the 2019 Political Declaration mid-term review, will take place on 14 - 22 March 2024.

Events

Boiling point: Understanding new developments in global drug policy, and why they matter

Online

12 October 2023

This online event will shine a light on key UN developments, and their implications for the ongoing push for drug policies that advance social justice and human rights.

Publications9 August 2023

Submission to CERD: The right to health and the criminalisation of ancestral plants

IDPC and ICEERS argue that the right of Indigenous Peoples to grow, use, possess, heal, and travel with their ancestral plants should be enshrined as a part of a right to health free from racial discrimination.

Publications11 July 2023

Moving beyond prohibition and towards a human rights-based approach to drugs: IDPC submission to OHCHR

IDPC calls on the UN system and Member States to initiate a process to evaluate the human rights impacts of the global drug control regime, and to propose concrete steps for its reform and modernisation.

Events

CND Intersessional meeting - Thematic session on the implementation of all international drug policy commitments following up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration (December 2023)

Vienna / Online

4 December 2023 - 6 December 2023

The 2023 thematic discussions will be structured around a comprehensive stock-taking of progress toward implementing responses to the challenges identified by the taking stock paragraph of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration.

Events

CND Intersessional meeting - Thematic session on the implementation of all international drug policy commitments following up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration (October 2023)

Vienna / Online

23 October 2023 - 25 October 2023

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