Justice Project Pakistan and the National Commission for Human Rights highlight how punitive drug laws and prolonged pre-trial detention are fuelling prison overcrowding, underscoring the need for rights-based reform.
The Penington Institute describes Australia's record drug-induced deaths as the result of policy failure that has left harm reduction underfunded, and calls for a balanced approach that responds to complex and emerging harms.
Justice Project Pakistan's brief shows how Pakistan's punitive drug control system places women at greater risk of criminalisation, particularly those facing structural, social and economic barriers, and calls for gender-responsive legislation that upholds their rights.
EHRA argues that debates over different naloxone formulations in the EECA region distract from the barriers preventing it from reaching the people most likely to witness an overdose.
WHRIN documents 19 actions led by women and gender expansive people who use drugs across 16 countries, with this year's campaign marked by country-level coordination and consortium collaborations that increased the reach of collective action.
Kankainen and Tammi draw on a recent regional conference to examine the growing importance of human rights, civic participation and democracy in Nordic drug policy debates.
HRI, IDPC and EHRA highlight the barriers faced by people who use drugs in accessing essential medicines and harm reduction services, calling on states to reform drug policies and invest in the harm reduction response.
WOLA documents how the US' lethal bombing campaign amounts to extrajudicial execution, has had little impact on cocaine trafficking, and demands an immediate end and accountability.
The Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development reflects on ten years of the Brandenburg Forum and its contribution to more humane, development-oriented, evidence-based and rights-affirming drug policies.
IDPC, CELS, HRI and WOLA warn that conflating drug trafficking with terrorism enables unlawful military action, weakens human rights protections and restricts civil society space.
The Working Group on Women and Incarceration in Latin America analyses how the fight against organised crime affects women in contact with prison systems, as well as their families and children.
PRI and TIJ discuss how punitive drug policies continue to drive imprisonment, while incarcerated people who use drugs face severe gaps in evidence-based harm reduction.
