Past Events

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Encountering alcohol and other drugs

Lisbon, Portugal

15 September 2015 - 18 September 2015

This conference will explore alcohol and other drug use in light of growing interest in issues of relationality, contingency and emergence.

Identifying common ground for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem

New York, USA

14 September 2015

This UNU and Brookings panel discussion will discuss findings from a comparative evaluation of the effectiveness and costs of international counter-narcotics policies and approaches for reform.

Inside Cracolândia: Promoting health and human rights in Brazil’s “cracklands”

Open Society Foundations New York, 224 West 57th Street, NY 10019, New York, USA

8 September 2015 - 8 September 2015

The event, which will provide the international comparative context for De Braços Abertos, will also include a short film interviewing cracolândia residents in Rio de Janeiro.

Conference on Overdose Awareness

Bergen, Norway

30 August 2015 - 31 August 2015

The conference is arranged by SERAF, City of Bergen, the Norwegian Directorate of Health and the Research Council of Norway in collaboration with proLAR, Bergen Clinics, Helse Bergen, SIRUS and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

International Overdose Awareness Day

Global

30 August 2015

International Overdose Awareness Day aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. It also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who have met with death or permanent injury as a result of drug overdose.

Conversations with Dr. Andrew Tatarsky

Metro Manila, Philippines

9 August 2015 - 19 August 2015

The Philippines "Conversations with Andrew Tatarsky" are three public events spanning four days, introducing a broader approach to Harm Reduction, both institutionally, and in our homes and everyday lives. The Adi Guna Nusantara Foundation is also organizing workshops in Indonesia.

Justice Advocacy Conference: Free her

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

3 August 2015 - 4 August 2015

This conference brings together powerful leaders from across the country who are formerly incarcerated women, family members to discuss how to advocate for an end of the over-incarceration of people of colour (in particular women) in the United States.

World Hepatitis Day 2015 – Prevent hepatitis: It’s up to you

World

27 July 2015

July 28 is approaching and this year’s Prevent Hepatitis campaign has a really strong social media element. Please support the campaign!

Drugs: From prohibition to regulation

Buenos Aires, Argentina

19 July 2015 - 20 July 2015

This seminar seeks to examine in detail the impact of the validity of human rights that prohibition policies enforce and the role they have today questioning some Latin American countries in the consequences of the "war on drugs" .

8th International AIDS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015)

Vancouver, Canada

18 July 2015 - 21 July 2015

This is the largest open scientific conference on HIV/AIDS related issues and it is expected to gather some 6,000 delegates from across the globe.

Human rights and drug policy summer school, University of Essex

Colchester, Essex

5 July 2015 - 6 July 2015

This course will provide students with the core legal foundations of human rights and drug control, present tools to undertake research and will introduce the political landscape of policy reform in the lead up to the UNGASS and beyond.

Summer school on illicit drugs Europe

Lisbon, Portugal

28 June 2015 - 9 July 2015

This two-week summer school in Lisbon focuses on the drugs problem in Europe and beyond involving Scientific Experts from the EMCDDA and guest lecturers from European Universities.