This one-day seminar will discuss the most urgent and widespread issues of criminalisation in Africa while providing alternatives to punishment and relevant international guidance.
Every year, on 26 June, the Support. Don’t Punish campaign mobilises to combat the injustices brought about by the war on drugs and lend support to those who have suffered from it.
As part of World Drug Day 2021, Rome Consensus 2.0 and Support. Don't Punish. discuss the effectiveness of various harm reduction initiatives across several countries.
Reporting on the spread COVID-19 in Southeast Asian prisons without addressing prison overcrowding and neglect of proper health care will not aid the fight against rising case figures.
The high-level meeting will review the progress made in reducing the impact of HIV since the last United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS in 2016 and the General Assembly expects to adopt a new political declaration to guide the future direction of the response.