IDPC and TNI argue that the WHO’s recommendations will be an opportunity for African States to further decolonise drug control and strengthen the legal basis for emerging medicinal cannabis programmes.
The event aims to raise awareness for the commitments made in 1995 in Beijing and to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting women and girls and further deepening pre-existing inequalities.
The future of the WHO recommendations on the scheduling of cannabis-related substances might be decided behind closed doors, in the run-up to the CND reconvened session.
