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8 July 2010

Michel Kazatchkine to address Human Rights Rally at AIDS 2010 Conference in Vienna

Michel Kazatchkine, the Executive Director of the Global Fund, encourages all who will be attending the International AIDS Conference in Vienna to attend the Human Rights March and Rally on the 20th July 2010, calling the event a ''great opportunity to unite everyone involved in the fight against AIDS at a defining moment in the history of the response.”
24 June 2010

Mandatory death penalty for drug offences challenged in India

On 23rd June, the Bombay High Court admitted a petition challenging the constitutionality of Section 31 A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) that prescribes a mandatory death sentence for certain drug offences upon subsequent conviction.
31 May 2010

CICAD new drug strategy - a step forward

At its 47th regular session in May 2010, the OAS’s Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission adopted a new hemispheric drug strategy, replacing the last one adopted in 1996. Despite much skepticism as to what would be the final result, the strategy is in fact a significant step forward.
31 May 2010

Correlation Seminars 2010

The CORRELATION Network will organise a number of thematic seminars in the second half of 2010. Each seminar will provide profound insights in the specific topic and includes a policy dialogue session with relevant policy makers.