Past Events

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Preventing and eliminating violence against women: Drug policy reform as a way of violence elimination

New York, USA

12 March 2013 - 12 March 2013

EHRN in partnership with the International Gender Policy Network is organizing a parallel event in the 57th CSW session with the aim of informing the participants about the issues of violence against women who use drugs and/or are engaged in sex work.

56th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Vienna, Austria

10 March 2013 - 14 March 2013

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Prison and Probation Reform: Closing the ‘Revolving Door’ in Offender Management

London, UK

4 March 2013

Seeking to urgently address current failings in the prison and probation system, the Government has committed to wide-ranging reforms to offender management frameworks and has pledged to deliver a 'rehabilitation revolution'.

Plotting a New Course: 2nd Annual conference on drugs, alcohol and tobacco

London, UK

24 February 2013 - 25 February 2013

Plotting a New Course is the leading forum for the critical analysis of responses to drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Cross-cutting themes link social policy, public health, law enforcement, supply, treatment and harm reduction.

Final Conference of the project New Methodological tools for policy and programme evaluation Financed by the EU Commission

Lisbon, Portugal

6 February 2013 - 7 February 2013

This conference will be an opportunity to present the work that an interdisciplinary research group has conducted to propose and apply models to estimate the various population involved in drug using and dealing, on the basis of administrative data.

Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor

Budapest, Hungary

5 February 2013 - 19 February 2013

Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor is part of a series of debates organized the CEU School of Public Policy in collaboration with the Open Society Foundation’s Global Drug Policy Program.

Health and drug policies: It' s time to change

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

17 December 2012 - 18 December 2012

In order to further strengthen the Viva Rio campaign proposing decriminalisation in Brazil, Viva Rio is organising a seminar to highlight the importance of constructing a public health system that provides care and attention to drug users.

Security, democracy and cities: The future of prevention

Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, France

11 December 2012 - 13 December 2012

The conference is organised around four major themes: risks, technologies and prevention; governance and citizenship; cities and sustainable development; a Europe open to the world.

Sicurezza, Democrazia e Città: Il Futuro della Prevenzione

Aubervilliers e Saint-Denis, Francia

11 December 2012 - 13 December 2012

Il Forum europeo per la sicurezza urbana (Efus) organizzerà la conferenza internazionale e interdisciplinare in collaborazione con le città di Aubervilliers e Saint-Denis, Francia. La conferenza avrà come scopo quello di fornire uno scambio di pratiche, esperienze e conoscenze sulla prevenzione della criminalità in Europa e nel mondo.

National Conference on Substitution

Berlin, Germany

11 December 2012

The objective of this conference is to work on short and medium term actions to improve the medical treatment of drug dependence

The New EU Drugs Strategy post-2012

Brussels, Belgium

9 December 2012 - 10 December 2012

The seminar will analyse the content and practical impact of the EU’s new multiannual Drugs Strategy, which is scheduled to be adopted in early December.

Women and addiction conference

Manchester, United Kingdom

28 November 2012 - 29 November 2012

Men are more likely than women to become addicts. However, nearly 30% of those now in touch with services are women. This presents a real challenge for interpreting evidence, developing policy or designing services for women with addictions.