IHRA in conjunction with OSI have fed into the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ consideration of the State Report of Poland with a briefing to follow up on the mission to Poland of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health, Anand Grover.
El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU ha adoptado la Resolución A/HRC/12/L.23 sobre el acceso a medicamentos en el contexto del derecho de toda persona al disfrute almás alto nivel posible de salud física y mental.
El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU ha adoptado la Resolución A/HRC/12/L.24 sobre la protección de los derechos humanos en el contexto del VIH y el SIDA, que reconoce ‘la necesidad de que el Programa Conjunto de las Naciones Unidas sobre el VIH/SIDA amplíe y fortalezca considerablemente su…
The International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) has recently launched this new report which brings together and documents the highly publicised and well received keynote speeches by Professor Michel Kazatchkine and Craig McClure at the international harm reduction conference in Bangkok last…
This survey conducted by the New Zealand Drug Foundation asseses knowledge, attitudes and behaviours around driving under the influence of psychoactive substances, including illicit drugs, prescription medicines, and alcohol in New Zealand.
This submission describes several key human rights priorities and provides recommendations for Kazakhstan’s Government to better respect, protect and fulfill human rights, consistent with its international obligations, in areas of particular relevance to an effective response to HIV.
Tensions are rising in Burma with respect to the cease-fire agreements with ethnic minority groups along the northern border. Cease-fire groups have put their armed forces on high alert. Ethnic conflict must be resolved in order to bring about a lasting political solution in Burma.
La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (ONUDD) publicó su último informe sobre la situación del mercado mundial de los estupefacientes ilegales, el Informe Mundial sobre las Drogas 2009, el día 24 de junio. Fue la primera edición de lo que se presenta como la publicación…
The findings from this report confirm that training of drug users constitutes a valuable resource in the management of opiate overdoses and growth of peer interventions that may not otherwise be recognised or addressed.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released the results of its 2009 Afghan Opium Survey on September 2nd 2009 under the headline “Afghan Opium Market Plummets”.
Esta nota para la incidencia política analiza los retos clave a los que se enfrenta la ONUDD en el campo de las políticas de drogas en los próximos años.
HCLU have produced a new short film on the dark side of Swedish drug policies, in which they mobilize people to urge the Swedish Minister of Public Health to introduce needle exchange to Stockholm.
This evaluation was commissioned by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in order to ‘measure the results achieved by Beyond 2008 in bringing NGO’s voice to the ten-year review of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Illicit Drugs (UNGASS).
The RIOTT (randomised injectable opioid therapy trial) project run by the Institute of Psychiatry in London presented an initial overview of its data at a conference this week. The trial compared treatments using optimised oral methadone, injectable methadone and injectable diamorphine
This Beckley Briefing compares the drug situation in a number of developed countries presenting data to stimulate further research and provide information for analysts and policy makers for more effective drug control.
TNI's article gives inputs for the Latin American drug policy reform debate by providing an overview of European drug policy practices regarding harm reduction, decriminalisation and tolerant approaches to cannabis.
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