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IDPC side events at the 66th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

IDPC side events at the 66th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

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A record-breaking 155 side events took place at the margins of the 66th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). Most of them were accessible online or in hybrid format. And almost half were co-organised by civil society.

Side events addressed a wide range of issues, from harm reduction to cannabis regulation, through to improving access to controlled medicines.

The IDPC Secretariat and network members co-organised almost 40 side events. Below, you will find a list of all side events co-organised by the IDPC network, with links to [real-time] transcriptions and recordings, as available.

Events

Monday, 13 March

Ending gender-based violence against women and gender non-conforming people who use drugs

Ending gender-based violence against women and gender non-conforming people who use drugs

Organised by the International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific with the support of Australia, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales and IDUCARE

People-centred, public health and human rights-based HIV response for and with people who use drugs

People-centred, public health and human rights-based HIV response for and with people who use drugs

Organised by the UNODC HIV/AIDS Section with the support of Belgium, Brazil, Czechia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the World Health Organization and the International Network of People who Use Drugs

Time is of the essence: reigniting efforts for scaling up implementation of international drug policy commitments to improve availability of and access to controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes

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Time is of the essence: reigniting efforts for scaling up implementation of international drug policy commitments to improve availability of and access to controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes

Organised by the Union for International Cancer Control with the support of Australia, Belgium, Mexico, the Netherlands, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network, Walther Global Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology, the African Palliative Care Association, the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care

Tuesday, 14 March

From principle to policy to practice: implementing a human rights approach with people who use drugs

From principle to policy to practice: implementing a human rights approach with people who use drugs

Organised by the Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited with the support of Ghana, Norway, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy

Between human rights and drug control: possibilities and barriers for ending the stigma of drug users

Between human rights and drug control: possibilities and barriers for ending the stigma of drug users

Organised by the RIO Rusmisbrukernes Interesseorganisasjon with the support of Norway, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Community Addictions Peer Support Association, Dianova International and the Association for Humane Drug Policies

Ensuring human rights protection in Nordic drug policy

Ensuring human rights protection in Nordic drug policy

Organised by the Foreningen for Human Narkotikapolitikk with the support of Iceland, Norway, the International Drug Policy Consortium and RIO

Prioritizing harm reduction as a response to the drug poisoning crisis in North America

Prioritizing harm reduction as a response to the drug poisoning crisis in North America

Organised by the Washington Office on Latin America with the support of Canada, the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and the Drug Policy Alliance

The ineffectiveness of disproportionate sentencing: Towards sensible and people-centred policies

The ineffectiveness of disproportionate sentencing: Towards sensible and people-centred policies

Organised by the Instituto RIA AC with the support of Colombia, Elementa DDHH, DeJusticia, Acción Técnica Social, the Drug Policy Alliance, the International Drug Policy Consortium and the Law Enforcement Action Partnership

The impact of drug policy on economic, social and cultural rights: Overturning decades of neglect

The impact of drug policy on economic, social and cultural rights: Overturning decades of neglect

Organised by the International Drug Policy Consortium with the support of Colombia, Czechia, Ghana, Norway, Portugal, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Dejusticia, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, Harm Reduction International, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, the International Network of People who Use Drugs and the Transnational Institute

Wednesday, 15 March

Women in law enforcement and drug policy – it’s a feminist issue

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Women in law enforcement and drug policy – it’s a feminist issue

Organised by the Law Enforcement Action Partnership

Drug-related health responses to humanitarian crises in Ukraine and neighbouring countries

Drug-related health responses to humanitarian crises in Ukraine and neighbouring countries

Organised by the Alliance for Public Health with the support of Ukraine, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, the Ukrainian Network of People who Use Drugs and the Precursor Foundation for Social Policy

It all begins with health: Using a substance use health lens to achieve broad improvements in drug and government policy

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It all begins with health: Using a substance use health lens to achieve broad improvements in drug and government policy

Organised by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Dianova International, RIO and the Canadian Addiction Peer Support Association

Drug policy and human rights: Cannabis regulation as a humanitarian measure

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Drug policy and human rights: Cannabis regulation as a humanitarian measure

Organised by Elternkreis Wien with the support of the Knowmad Institute, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Deutschland, the Brazilian Harm Reduction and Human Rights Network and the Cannabis Verband Bayern

The efforts of Ghana towards placing health and human rights at the heart of national drug policy: Lessons learned and future opportunities

The efforts of Ghana towards placing health and human rights at the heart of national drug policy: Lessons learned and future opportunities

Organised by Ghana with the support of Czechia, Germany, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, the African Union Commission, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Centre for Human Rights and Drug Policy and the International Drug Policy Consortium

Peace and drug policy

Peace and drug policy

Organised by Acción Técnica Social with the support of Colombia, the Centro de Estudios sobre Seguridad y Drogas, Universidad de Los Andes, DeJusticia, Elementa DDHH, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Colombia, and the Instituto RIA AC

Drug checking for monitoring, prevention and harm reduction

Drug checking for monitoring, prevention and harm reduction

Organised by the Netherlands with the support of Canada, Czechia, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, the United States, the European Union, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, the New Zealand Drug Foundation and Safer Drug Policies Norway

Literacy and the rights of people in opioid agonist therapy

Literacy and the rights of people in opioid agonist therapy

Organised by the Médecins du Monde (International)

Drugs and criminal justice: The situation in Latin America and Spain

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Drugs and criminal justice: The situation in Latin America and Spain

Organised by the Unión Española de Asociaciones y Entidades de Atención al Drogodependiente (UNAD) with the Support of Spain, the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (CICAD/OAS), Red Iberoamericana de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales que Trabajan en Drogodependencias (RIOD), Dejusticia, the Asociación Costarricense para el Estudio de Intervención en Drogas (ACEID) and Red Internacional de Mujeres Familiares de Personas Privadas de la Libertad (RIMUF)

Human rights and drugs: What have we learned and where are we heading?

Human rights and drugs: What have we learned and where are we heading?

Organised by Czechia with the support of Colombia, Ghana, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Drug Policy Consortium

Licit uses of coca crops in Colombia

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Licit uses of coca crops in Colombia

Organised by the Stichting International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service with the support of Colombia and the Open Society Foundations

Thursday, 16 March

Global and local perspectives for reparations to the war on drugs

Global and local perspectives for reparations to the war on drugs

Organised by Dejusticia with the support of the Drug Policy Alliance, Elementa DDHH and the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy

Drug-related detention: Assessing efforts to relieve a crisis in South-east Asia

Drug-related detention: Assessing efforts to relieve a crisis in South-east Asia

Organised by Amnesty International with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat, IDUCARE and the Thailand Institute of Justice

Forwards and setbacks in harm reduction in Latin America

Forwards and setbacks in harm reduction in Latin America

Organised by the Intercambios Civil Association

Humanitarian drug policy: The Rome consensus 2.0 as a pragmatic tool of advocacy to implement universal health coverage

Humanitarian drug policy: The Rome consensus 2.0 as a pragmatic tool of advocacy to implement universal health coverage

Organised by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies with the support of Colombia, Italy, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the Recovery Foundation, the Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative, the Villa Maraini Foundation, the Knowmad Institute, Drug Policy Network South-East Europe, the Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association and the Brazilian Harm Reduction and Human Rights Network

Aligning drug policy with environmental protection

Aligning drug policy with environmental protection

Organised by the Transnational Institute with the support of Brazil, Colombia, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, Health Poverty Action, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Open Society Foundation, Viso Mutop and the Washington Office on Latin America

Mitigating the risks of corporate capture for legal cannabis markets

Mitigating the risks of corporate capture for legal cannabis markets

Organised by the Transform Drug Policy Foundation with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, México Unido Contra la Delincuencia (MUCD), Health Poverty Action and the Norwegian Association for Safer Drug Policies

Relevancia de la inclusión de la perspectiva de género en las políticas de drogas: Indicadores para el monitoreo

Relevancia de la inclusión de la perspectiva de género en las políticas de drogas: Indicadores para el monitoreo

(In Spanish) Organised by Argentina with the support of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and the Intercambios Civil Association

Innovation responses to promoting access to controlled medicines, while preventing diversion and non-medical use: Following up on the global “Access and availability” campaign led by the Chair of the 65th CND

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Innovation responses to promoting access to controlled medicines, while preventing diversion and non-medical use: Following up on the global “Access and availability” campaign led by the Chair of the 65th CND

Organised by Belgium with the support of Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, the European Union, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the International Narcotics Control Board, the World Health Organization, the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, Walther Global Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology and the Union for International Cancer Control

Friday, 17 March

Young sex workers who use drugs: Addressing the stigma and need for change

Young sex workers who use drugs: Addressing the stigma and need for change

Organised by Youth Rise with the support of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Women and Harm Reduction International Network, Harm Reduction International, the International Network of People who Use Drugs, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the European Network of People who Use Drugs, Students for Sensible Drug Policy International and Dejusticia

The right to health of people who use drugs: Harm reduction and access to voluntary treatments in a human rights perspective

The right to health of people who use drugs: Harm reduction and access to voluntary treatments in a human rights perspective

Organised by the Forum Droghe with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Harm Reduction International, the European Network of People who Use Drugs, la Società della Ragione and the Associazione Luca Coscioni

Pandemic prevention, preparedness and responses: What it means for people who use drugs

Pandemic prevention, preparedness and responses: What it means for people who use drugs

Organised by INPUD Limited with the support of the UNODC HIV/AIDS Section, the European Network of People who Use Drugs, the African Network of People who Use Drugs, the South African Network of People who Use Drugs, the Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs, the Middle East and North Africa Network of People who Use Drugs, the Network of Asian People who Use Drugs, the Drug Harm Reduction Advocacy Network Nigeria, Women in Response to HIV/AIDS and Drug Addiction, and Youth RISE

Drug policy in Latin America

Drug policy in Latin America

Organised by Mexico United Against Crime with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Red Latinoaméricana y del Caribe de Personas que Usan Drogas, Intercambios A.C. and Elementa DDHH

Health and HIV in prisons: Effective strategies to address urgent needs

Health and HIV in prisons: Effective strategies to address urgent needs

Organised by Penal Reform International with the support of Belgium, Brazil, Czechia, Mexico, Sweden and the International Drug Policy Consortium

NPS market monitoring: Outcomes of the scanner project

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NPS market monitoring: Outcomes of the scanner project

Organised by Youth Organizations for Drug Action with the support of the Asociación Bienestar y Desarrollo, the Flemish centre for expertise on alcohol and other drugs and ReGeneration

“Nothing about us without us”: Opportunities to involve youth in drug policy

“Nothing about us without us”: Opportunities to involve youth in drug policy

Organised by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy with the support of Australia, Canada, the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Youth RISE, Sensible Drug Policy Australia and the International Drug Policy Consortium

Fractures: Rule of law challenges in the global drug war

Fractures: Rule of law challenges in the global drug war

Organised by the DRCNet Foundation Inc. with the support of the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Associazione Luca Coscioni and the Forum Droghe

Indigenous-led harm reduction interventions

Indigenous-led harm reduction interventions

Organised by the New Zealand Drug Foundation with the support of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Peru, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council, the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, Harm Reduction International and the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation

Challenges and opportunities for drug policy reform

Challenges and opportunities for drug policy reform

Organised by the Brazilian Harm Reduction and Human Rights Network with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Black Initiative for a New Drug Policy, the Brazilian Drug Policy Platform, the Drug policy programme/Fiocruz and the É de Lei Drop in Centre