Past Events

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The international drug control system - understanding decriminalisation of use and possession

Conference Room 7, UN Headquarters, New York, USA

22 November 2016 - 22 November 2016

UNGA Side-Event co-hosted by the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the Czech Republic in the margins of the 3rd Committee. The event will discuss the decriminalisation of drug use and possession.

Addaction 6th national conference

Crawley, UK

20 November 2016 - 21 November 2016

The theme of this year’s National Conference is Addiction and Mental Health.

The impact of drug control on women: Exacerbating violence and human rights abuses

Geneva, Switzerland

17 November 2016

This event will highlight the harms faced by women involved in the illicit drug market, especially in relation to violence, incarceration and human rights abuses.

Reducing women’s imprisonment: Developing strategies at the national level and responding to the needs of female offenders in the local community

London, United Kingdom

15 November 2016

The symposium aims to offer local authorities, criminal justice and legal practitioners, police and probation services, and welfare services the opportunity to examine the main challenges and to discuss the needs of women and girls in the penal system.

Human Rights for Open Societies – An Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights

Online

13 November 2016 - 30 December 2016

Utrecht University will launch a new Massive Open Online Course about ‘Human Rights for Open Societies – An Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights’.

Reform and regulate drugs: Should Scotland lead?

Gourock, Scotland

An evening of discussion on Scotland and Inverclyde’s drug strategies.

11th National Harm Reduction Conference

San Diego, USA

2 November 2016 - 5 November 2016

The conference invites a broad range of experts and stakeholders to come together to address the most urgent issues facing the harm reduction movement.

It’s time to change the treatment paradigm: HCV testing and treatment in community and low threshold settings

Paris, France

2 November 2016 - 3 November 2016

The seminar’s aim is to provide insights in newest developments in HCV testing and treatment opportunities, to present good practices of community and harm reduction based HCV activities and to exchange and discuss future opportunities.

60th Regular Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)

Paradise Island, Bahamas

1 November 2016 - 3 November 2016

"Civil Society Engagement & the Fundamentals of Drug Policy for Sustainable Development & Criminal Justice Reform". Registration closes 28th October 2016.

Undeniable Atrocities: Confronting crimes against humanity in Mexico

Washington DC, USA

31 October 2016

Open Society Justice Initiative and the Diocesan Center for Human Rights Fray Juan de Larios examine the devastating toll of drug-related violence in Mexico.

Human rights and drug policy workshop in East Asia

Hong Kong

30 October 2016 - 4 November 2016

The objective of the workshop is to focus on the identification and understanding of human rights and on an evaluation and assessment of the gap between rights and practice in the implementations of drug policies in the Asia–Pacific context.

Symposium of the world federation for the treatment of opioid dependence

Baltimore, USA

28 October 2016 - 1 November 2016

The World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence and EUROPAD will select up to 12 oral presentations to be presented during the next American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence congress