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Changes to the IDPC Board

Dear Colleagues,

At its 2016 Annual General Meeting this week, the IDPC Board agreed some personnel changes, creating a new Board to take this remarkable network through its next phase of development.

We have recruited four new members, who will add a wide range of skills and perspectives to the…

July 11, 2016

By Mike Trace

Is drug decriminalisation on the cards for Thailand?

The proposal to reschedule methamphetamine as a medicine is essentially a ‘red herring’ without other serious policy reforms.

June 30, 2016

By Gloria LaiRegional Director, Asia

By Ann FordhamExecutive Director

Local actions, global voice: The Support Don’t Punish day of action on 26th June 2016

This month, a huge range of local actions, events, protests and meetings will be held as part of a global show of force calling for drug law reform, as part of the Support. Don't Punish 2016 Global Day of Action.

June 17, 2016

By Jamie BridgeChief Operating Officer

Sustainable development under threat from drug trafficking in West Africa

As a whole, the proliferation of the drug trade in West Africa significantly undermines people’s well being and create a major road block to development efforts.

June 1, 2016

By Leandre BanonCapacity Development Programme Officer, West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI)

Eliminating a global killer by 2030

At the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva, 194 countries will decide whether to adopt or reject WHO’s first ever Global Health Sector Strategy for Viral Hepatitis.

May 23, 2016

By World Hepatitis Alliance

The drugs consensus is not pretty - It's been ripped apart at the seams

This UNGASS demonstrates the impact civil society pressure can achieve. The drug policy reform movement will continue to grow into a formidable global social movement towards 2019. The collective demand for change will grow ever louder leading to sustainable and seismic breakthroughs at national,…

May 3, 2016

By Ann FordhamExecutive Director

After UNGASS 2016: Disappointment and resolve

We have collated some of the amazing articles and blog posts that have been produced on the UNGASS 2016. Click on the links to access the original pieces.

May 3, 2016

By Juan Fernandez OchoaCampaigns and Communications Officer

Delusion and disillusion at the global UN meeting on drugs

The UNGASS last week revealed the willingness of some countries to admit the failure and negative consequences of the ‘war on drugs’ approach to drug policy, and to move forward to explore alternatives for the sake of the health, human rights, security and development of communities.

April 28, 2016

By Gloria LaiRegional Director, Asia

Drugs and HIV in the Philippines: How kindness has made a difference

Realizing that simply telling people not to use drugs and arresting them when they do wouldn’t slow HIV infections, health workers advocated for a new approach: harm reduction.

April 7, 2016

By NoBox Transitions

CND 59 – An effort in self-preservation. A review of the Draft Resolution by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Axel Klein argues the 'Vienna consensus' is now broken, only kept together by the bureaucracies that structure it.

April 2, 2016

By Axel KleinFreelance Drug Policy Analyst

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs on the final road to UNGASS 2016: Progress made, but a long way still to go

One year ago, IDPC elaborated five main “asks” for the UNGASS on drugs. The UNGASS is now just a few weeks away – so how close have we come to realising these demands?

March 31, 2016

By Jamie BridgeChief Operating Officer

South Africa talks drug policy

To encourage debate around the needed changes in drug policy, TB/HIV Care Association, with funding from Open Society Foundations, organised the RUN2016 SA Drug Policy Week from the 1st to the 4th of February 2016, with the slogan “we need to talk about drugs”.

February 23, 2016

By Shaun ShellyAfrica and the Middle East (TB/HIV Care Association)

Testing the waters for UNGASS – Are parliamentarians ready for a change in international drug policy?

When discussions about the international drug control regime were still relatively ‘tame’ in international fora, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) included in the agenda of its 128th Assembly, a Special Session on 'The Legalisation of Drugs: Can it help Curb Organized Crime?’.

February 16, 2016

By Andrea HuberPolicy Director, Penal Reform International

How Latin America can fix its female incarceration epidemic

Opening the event at the OAS to launch the policy guide, OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro, emphasized that the injustices caused by the excessive use of incarceration present a grave problem for the Americas and that the guide is a necessary tool to promote policy change.

February 8, 2016

By Coletta YoungersLatin America Regional Associate

Mass coerced treatment and forced detention is not the solution for Pul-e-Sokhta - A story from the the frontline

Despite an expansion of harm reduction services, much more is needed to support people experiencing substance dependence in Afghanistan.

January 29, 2016

By Mat SouthwellConsultant: Vienna and Geneva

EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs meets in Brussels

The meeting was an opportunity for the CSF to discuss and draft recommendations on the UNGASS in an effort to feed into the conclusions of the CSTF, and met with members of the HDG to offer guidance on the EU position around the Special Session.

November 13, 2015

By Marie NougierHead of Research and Communications

Discourse vs. reality: Increasing incarceration for drug offenses in Latin America

The prison crisis and inhumane prison conditions that high incarceration rates have generated is at the heart of the debate on the need for drug policy reform in Latin America.

November 12, 2015

By Coletta YoungersLatin America Regional Associate

By Catalina Pérez CorreaResearcher at CIDE in Mexico

Preparing for UNGASS 2016: Examining complex drug policy issues

The meeting highlighted some of the challenges engendered by the global drug control regime as well as ways forward that could inform the process of dialogue and negociations taking place in the run-up to the UNGASS 2016.

October 30, 2015

By Heather HaaseConsultant: New York

By Kimberly GrinbergJuris Doctor Candidate at Syracuse University School of Law, and member of Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Enhancement of mechanisms to cope with the increasing spread of illicit drugs amongst young people: a Youth RISE report

The conference’s main objective was to promote collaboration between law enforcement agencies and CSOs in order to identify measures to protect children and young people from the use of illicit drugs - although conclusions were disappointing in terms of promotions of harm reduction and drug policy…

September 18, 2015

By Murtaza MajeedYouth RISE Coordinator

Brazilian Supreme Court discusses decriminalisation of drug use

The trial is one of the most awaited on the year and can become a historic event in the debate on drug policy in Brazil.

September 9, 2015

By Lucas Zanone Brazilian Drug Policy Platform

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