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9 October 2017

Needle syringe programmes and opiod substitution therary for preventing HCV transmission among people who inject drugs: findings from Cochrane Review and meta-analysis

People who inject drugs (PWID) are the key at-risk group in most high income countries, and in most countries over half of PWID live with HCV.

3 October 2017

The opioid crisis in North America

Despite advances towards public health approaches, leadership is desperately lacking in addressing this urgent crisis.

28 September 2017

Edging forward: How the UN’s language on drugs has advanced since 1990

In an effort to help digest and contextualise the UNGASS Outcome Document, this IDPC briefing paper explores a selection of key themes by analysing the consensus-based language agreed by UN member states during high-level meetings over the last quarter of a century.

25 September 2017

IDPC response to the INCB Annual Report for 2016

IDPC analyses some key aspects of the INCB report, focusing on the Foreword, the thematic chapter on women and drugs and the INCB's approach towards health, human rights and cannabis regulation.

21 September 2017

Política de Drogas na África: Rumo a uma abordagem baseada em direitos humanos

Esta nota para advocacia pretende dar uma visão geral não exaustiva de como as políticas de droga violam os direitos humanos universais e o que é, na prática, uma abordagem de direitos, com base na Carta de Banjul.

21 September 2017

NGOs and drug policy

Prohibitionism, as drug policy, is responsible for a range of human rights violations around the world.

19 September 2017

Supervised consumption services: operational guidance

The British Columbia Centre on Substance Use provides examines the evidence, provides an overview of implementation models and offers recommendations.

19 September 2017

Medidas destinadas a reduzir o uso da prisão preventiva nas Américas

La CIDH recorda que as normativas que excluem a possibilidade de aplicar outras medidas cautelares distintas da prisão preventiva devido à gravidade do ato ou pena prevista em abstrato.

19 September 2017

Measures aimed at reducing the use of pretrial detention in the Americas

The IACHR recalls that the provisions that exclude the possibility of noncustodial measures in light of the seriousness of the act or the expected sentence are contrary to the applicable standards.

18 September 2017

Drug policy challenges and implementation in South East Europe

The Regional Conference aims to bring together NGOs, policy makers and researchers active in the field of drugs across the region of South East Europe

18 September 2017

The future of the international drug control system and national drug prohibitions

Wayne Hall provides a brief account of the international drug control treaties, outlines key criticism, and analyses proposals for reform.

14 September 2017

A stocktake review of DFID’s work on HIV and AIDS

DFID’s overall funding for HIV is declining