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Measuring drug policy outcomes: Intersections with human rights and the sustainable development goals (SDGS)

A side event at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs brought together experts to discuss how drug policy outcomes are measured, with the Sustainable Development Goals discussed as a potential mechanism of evaluation.

10 de mayo de 2018

Por Nazlee Maghsoudi

English

Leave no one behind? Asking the tough questions on illicit economies

There is still a long way to go. But what is clear though is that the combined efforts from academia, policy circles, and the involvement of the grassroots in the development of solutions can pave the way for more systematic responses to the tough questions on illicit economies.

10 de mayo de 2018English

INCB should exert caution in presenting data on cannabis regulation

The INCB has a duty to ensure its contribution to debates on drug control remains balanced and rigorous.

6 de mayo de 2018

Por Ann FordhamExecutive Director

English

Addressing the structural gaps in HIV and harm reduction policy in Makassar province, Indonesia: Lessons learnt from grassroots policy development experience

The workshop highlighted the fact that a local policy addressing Harm Reduction and HIV services (including human rights aspects and service equity) is best designed through community collaboration and consultation with local and international advocates.

19 de abril de 2018English

"El mercado de las drogas prospera" mientras que la Comisión de Estupefacientes apenas se mantiene a flote

El mal-llamado consenso sobre drogas está tan resquebrajado, que es ahora una memoria distante y en rápido desvanecimiento.

17 de abril de 2018

Por Ann FordhamExecutive Director

Corrupción, desarrollo sostenible y política de drogas

El mensaje estuvo orientado a tomar conciencia sobre cómo la hegemónica política de guerra contra las drogas, se ve alimentada por la corrupción, dificultando el desarrollo sostenible de los pueblos.

3 de abril de 2018

UN Human Rights Council reaffirms role of human rights in international drug policy debate

Despite the unequivocal link between the drug policy debates and human rights, the negotiations in Geneva held over several weeks were not easy, demonstrated by the oral amendments to the text that were made even in the last hour.

28 de marzo de 2018English

Eastern Africa makes strides towards balanced drug policies

The conference was hosted by KANCO and brought together over 600 participants from more than 20 countries. It was a rare opportunity for Eastern Africa to have a conversation about drug policies that are progressive and that put people and communities first.

22 de marzo de 2018

Por Maria-Goretti AneConsultant: Africa

English

Left forgotten: Women imprisoned for drug offences

On International Women's Day: Recognising the women incarcerated for drug offences in Indonesia, and the urgent need for a gender sensitive approach for drug offences.

8 de marzo de 2018English

SSDP celebrates twenty years of student activism

Building on twenty years of youth activism against the drug wars, Students for Sensible Drug Policy offers an overview of upcoming actions that exemplify the network's dynamism and growth.

28 de febrero de 2018English

On World Cancer Day: Improve access to internationally controlled essential medicines

World Cancer Day asks us to reflect on how we can play our part, as a collective or as individuals, in reducing the global burden of cancer. The “global burden of cancer” is actually an aggregate of the very real burden that falls on individual people: on cancer patients, their family members and…

31 de enero de 2018

Por Katherine Pettus, PhDAdvocacy Officer, International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)

English

Evaluating global drug control: Reviewing our goals and how we measure progress against them

An honest evaluation of the current global drug control system requires substantial changes in the way progress is measured.

25 de enero de 2018

Por Marie NougierHead of Research and Communications

English

CICAD 62: Hacia la normalización del debate sobre la regulación legal y la participación de la sociedad civil

La CICAD continúa fortaleciéndose en tanto que foro de debate abierto a las nuevas experiencias en materia de política de drogas y a la participación de la sociedad civil.

17 de enero de 2018

Por Ernesto CortésLatin America and the Caribbean (Asociación Costarricense para el Estudio e Intervención en Drogas)

A sprint through a year of drug policy developments in Thailand

As the government prepares to release its Narcotics Control Bill, we explore the [limited] progress in Thai drug policy in the last year.

15 de enero de 2018

Por Patcharavalan AkbarPolicy Support Officer

Por Prin LaomanutsakPresident of the International Board of the Asian Law Students’ Association

English

Building support for community-based responses to drug use in the Philippines

Rodan Mecano reflects on the value of sharing experiences of health-centred drug-policy responses within South-East Asia.

8 de enero de 2018English

Reforming drug control in West Africa through a model drug law

Efforts to harmonise drug legislation in the region could contribute to the health and wellbeing of West Africans, but punitive approaches remain dominant.

7 de diciembre de 2017English

In the Philippines and beyond, the war on drugs fuels the HIV epidemic. Let’s end it.

The HIV epidemic will only subside if the dignity and value of every life is respected and protected.

1 de diciembre de 2017

Por International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)

Por Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD)

Por APCOM

English

“Leaving no one behind”? For women incarcerated for drug offences, there is no justice without reform.

Drug control policies submits women who use drugs and women incarcerated for drug offences to a host of forms of violence.

25 de noviembre de 2017English

New reviews show global extent of criminalisation among people who inject drugs

An independent scientific analysis on injecting drug use and HIV prevalence has offered further detail on global statistics, which should prompt urgent political commitment.

13 de noviembre de 2017

Por Jamie BridgeChief Operating Officer

English

Finally, the Ugandan Government agrees to start harm reduction!

0n 7th September 2017, the Ugandan Ministry of Health authorized the Uganda Harm Reduction Network and Community Health Alliance Uganda to pilot needle and syringe programmes in a few designated health facilities in the country.

26 de septiembre de 2017

Por Wamala Twaibu

English

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