Civil society looks to the Council for leadership in encouraging and welcoming initiatives from within the UN human rights system to ensure drug policy affirms, rather than undermine, human rights.
Citing insufficient evidence of medicinal benefits and potential for harm, the move to ban CBD has the potential to put the brakes on reform in the region.
IDPC joins EuroNPUD and dozens of supporters in repudiating recent comments by the EU Home Affairs Commissioner regarding people who use drugs, which do not reflect the growing international consensus on these matters but also stand in tension with the EU's Drug Strategy.
The appointed person will lead and coordinate the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) tools and activities in this project, including capacity building, collation and analysis of data from project outputs, quarterly reporting against indicators and targets, and support delivery of consultancies to conduct the baseline, midline and endline evaluations.
The appointed person will lead on the overall implementation and coordination of this project, working closely with country partners to increase the engagement of legal experts, legal service providers, media professionals, and people who use drugs in advocating for drug policies grounded in principles of harm reduction, social justice and human rights.
