The Kolkata meeting will deliberate on the "Seven Freedoms" - the right to move, work, have access to healthcare, participate, organise, be free of violence and discrimination -- without which sex workers say they cannot reduce their vulnerability to HIV.
The United Nations has announced the appointment of Michel Kazatchkine as the Secretary-General’s new Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, one of only two regions in the world where HIV is continuing to grow.
There is no system of alternative sanctions for criminal offenders in Montenegro. NGO 4 Life have therefore started to lobby and advocating over the past eight months for the introduction of alternative sanctions for drug offenders.
Фонды «Открытое общество» (ФОО) обращаются к неправительственным организациям (НПО) с просьбой предоставить информацию об инициативах совместной работы с органами правопорядка в целях улучшения здоровья и соблюдения прав человека секс-работников и/или потребителей наркотиков.
The Open Society Foundations (OSF) request information from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) about initiatives where they have worked with the police to improve the health and human rights of sex workers and/or drug users.
This is the latest in a series of “good practice” case studies undertaken by the Global Drug Policy Program. Also in the series are reports on Portugal and Switzerland.
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Transnational Institute (TNI) have created a video to show the human cost of the war on drugs in Uruguay
Marijuana possession may be decriminalized in Belize as the Central American nation joins a list of countries from Mexico to Uruguay whose leaders have called for alternatives in the U.S.-led war on drugs.
Uruguay may be poised to become the first country to opt for a state controlled and legally regulated cannabis market for medical as well as recreational purposes, including cultivation and distribution.
The campaign highlights the damaging effects of drug criminalisation in order to generate support for evidence based, alternative approaches that protect the rights, health and potential of young people around the world.