These rapid-fire insights into decriminalisation reveal policy design intricacies and the need to anchor them in the lived and living experiences of currently affected communities.
On 2025 World Drug Day and Support. Don’t Punish Global Day of Action, 70 organizations call upon the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to condemn the use of the death penalty from drug related offences. In this joint statement, the signatories demand that human rights safeguards are implemented to uphold international law and standards.
Politicians in Punjab have renewed calls for a zero-tolerance approach to the drug market, but escalating harms necessitate a reorientation towards harm reduction and human rights.
124 NGOs from 48 countries condemn Hungary’s 2025 drug war crackdown on people who use drugs, harm reduction services, and civil society, calling for urgent Europe-wide action.
Global civil society groups call on the UN Secretary-General to ensure the independence, credibility and representativeness of the UN review's expert panel, and to champion meaningful, rights-affirming reform.
Decision-makers must invest in ending punitive drug policies and responses in favour of rights-based approaches that prioritise harm reduction and community leadership.
PsychedeliCare calls on the European Commission to foster equitable, timely, affordable, safe, and legal access to innovative psychedelic-assisted therapies.
