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10 June 2009

UN Special Rapporteurs write to Chair of CND offering guidance on human rights

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment – Professor Manfred Nowak – and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health – Mr Anand Grover – have written to the Chairperson of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to 'offer guidance' regarding human rights issues.
10 June 2009

Building Consensus: A Reference Guide to Human Rights and Drug Policy

Human Rights Watch and the International Harm Reduction Association prepared this overview to assist country delegations during key debates at the UN High Level Meeting on drugs in March 2009 by showing the extent of support from international agencies and experts for human rights-based approaches to drug policy.
10 June 2009

Влияние наркополитики на здоровье и права человека в Восточной Европе: 10 лет после Специальной сессии Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН по наркотикам

With the goal to assess the 10-year progress in Eastern Europe after the 1998 UNGASS on drugs, Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) conducted a review in 4 countries of the region: Georgia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine, all of which have experienced a major increase in drug related problems. The report calls for a more balanced approach to drug policy with investment in public health and human rights. The report is available English and Russian.
10 June 2009

Eurasian Harm Reduction Network Report - The impact of drug policy on health and human rights in Eastern Europe: A year after UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs

With the goal to assess the 10-year progress in Eastern Europe after the 1998 UNGASS on drugs, Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) conducted a review in 4 countries of the region: Georgia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine, all of which have experienced a major increase in drug related problems. The report calls for a more balanced approach to drug policy with investment in public health and human rights. The report is available English and Russian.
25 April 2009

Drugs in Portugal: did decriminalisation work?

Under Portugal's new regime, people found guilty of possessing small amounts of drugs are sent to a panel consisting of a psychologist, social worker and legal adviser for appropriate treatment (which may be refused without criminal punishment), instead of jail. The question is, does the new policy work?
14 April 2009

CND Political Declaration

These two documents are the versions presented to delegates when they arrived at the high level meeting on 11th March.