EHRN, UNODC and ACUNS organised an informal consultation on violence against women who use drugs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in the framework of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
The National AIDS Control Support Project aims to reduce new HIV infections by expanding the coverage of prevention interventions to high risk groups over the next five years.
A harm reduction approach should include friendly and objective information regarding different substances that are usually consumed via methods other than injecting.
The letter sent by 145 organisations to Obama and Mesoamerican leaders calls for a shift away from the failed militarised security policies which have exacerbated violence and human rights violations.
The WACD delegation to Ghana met representatives of the civil society, the international community and health experts to discuss the impact of drug trafficking and consumption on governance, security and public health in Ghana and West Africa.
The new Mexican administration states that it has shifted its priorities away from the U.S drug war toward an emphasis on prevention and keeping Mexico’s streets safe and calm.
Seven former ministers of justice in Brazil signed a manifest attesting the unconstitutionality of the criminalization of the penal repression of drug possession for personal use.
The BC Provincial Health Officer warns that changes to sentencing and other justice practices brought about by the enactment of the Canadian SSCA will have very negative effects on the health of Aboriginal people.