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9 July 2012

Línea Verde en Trujillo

Los días viernes 6 y sábado 7 de julio se organizó un Conversatorio-Taller sobre “Activismo cannábico e implementación de la Línea Verde en Trujillo”

1 July 2012

¡América Latina dice basta! Los miembros Latinoamericanos del IDPC piden un nuevo enfoque en la estrategia regional

Las organizaciones de América Latina y las que trabajamos en la región, pertenecientes al IDPC, instamos a la comunidad internacional sobre la necesidad de evaluar con nuevos indicadores el impacto las políticas actuales, y debatir alternativas.

7 September 2011

Human Rights Watch Report - Forced labor and other abuses in drug detention centres in Southern Vietnam

This report from Human Rights Watch documents the experiences of people confined to 14 detention centres in Southern Vietnam.

23 August 2011

Joint press statement on worrying Nepal situation

This press statement calls on the Nepalese government and its development partners to review, readjust and redesign cost-effective and high-quality harm reduction interventions.

23 August 2011

Joint press statement on worrying Nepal situation

This press statement calls on the Nepalese government and its development partners to review, readjust and redesign cost-effective and high-quality harm reduction interventions.

23 August 2011

Joint press statement on worrying Nepal situation

This press statement calls on the Nepalese government and its development partners to review, readjust and redesign cost-effective and high-quality harm reduction interventions.

22 August 2011

Joint press statement on worrying Nepal situation

This press statement calls on the Nepalese government and its development partners to review, readjust and redesign cost-effective and high-quality harm reduction interventions.

19 May 2010

France: a mock supervised injection facility as a step forward for harm reduction

In 2009, a group of associations opened a mock supervised injection facility (SIF) in Paris. Attracted by what they thought to be an illegal action, many journalists visited the SIF and reported positive opinions from their discussions with health professionals. NGOs then started a political lobbying action aimed to advocate for the establishment of a SIF in Paris, followed by positive political engagement from the French government.

22 March 2010

EHRN press release - Access to treatment for drug dependence is essential healthcare

A new Eurasian Harm Reducation Network report highlights how drug control constrains access to care and treatment

23 February 2010

Human Rights Watch: UN should review role in Cambodian drug detention centres

Human Rights Watch issued a 93-page report, "Skin on the Cable," on January 25, 2010, with reports of widespread beatings, whippings, and electric shock to detainees, including children and individuals with mental disabilities, in seven Cambodian drug detention centers. In response, several United Nations agencies, including the joint UN program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), have spoken out about the abuses. But the two UN agencies that work most closely with the government in detention centers and on drug policy, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), have been less vocal.

22 November 2009

Global Fund Extension of HIV Prevention Programmes for People at High Risk for HIV in Russia Will Save Thousands of Young Lives

IAS and IHRA welcome the announcement from the Global Fund that it will extend its funding of HIV prevention programmes in Russia for another two years at a cost of US$24 million. The extension will save thousands of lives in a country where more than 1 million people are living with HIV and approximately 1.8 million people inject drugs.