The Indonesia UNGASS Forum has translated the new narcotics law that was adopted by the Parliament in Jakarta in September 2009. Advocates have highlighted that the new law violates basic human rights and constrains harm reduction efforts in the region.
The European Monitoring Centre of Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCCDA) has published its annual report for 2009 on the state of the drugs problem in Europe
Michel Sidibe responded to harm reduction activists who expressed concern over some of his remarks at the the opening plenary of the Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference in this letter.
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe gave this speech at the Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference, which took place in late October in Moscow. Harm reduction activists have written to him to express concern over some of his remarks.
Representatives of harm reduction, human rights and drug user groups sent a letter to UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe expressing their strong concern about his speech at the opening plenary of the Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference, which took place in late October in Moscow.
Данный документ обобщает результаты проведенных на местах оценочных исследований доступа женщин к услугам снижения вреда, антиретровирусному лечению и охране репро- дуктивного здоровья в пяти странах: Азербайджане, Грузии, Кыргызстане, России (Санкт-Петербург и еще 7 регионов) и Украине.
Harm reduction organizations in these regions are confronting an influx of poor quality supplies that threatens the success of their programs. Improving the quality of supplies is an important step toward an effective and sustainable HIV response. This report, by the Open Society Institute’s Public Health Program, evaluates Global Fund grants and procurement practices in Armenia, Georgia, Russia, and Tajikistan.
This report, by the Open Society Institute’s International Harm Reduction Development Program, summarizes the results of field assessments of women’s access to harm reduction, antiretroviral, and reproductive health services in five ex-Soviet countries.
This report, from the Open Society Institute’s International Harm Reduction Development Program, presents the findings of three groundbreaking studies conducted in Russia, Georgia, and Ukraine that investigate the impact that drug user registration laws have on the lives of drug users and the quality of public health policy.
This briefing from TNI summarizes good practices in legislative reforms around the world, representing steps away from a repressive zero-tolerance model towards a more evidence-based and humane drug policy. The examples provide lessons learned in practice about less punitive approaches and their impact on levels of drug use and drug-related harm to the individual and society.
The Home Affairs Comitee visited the Netherlands on 2-3 November 2009 to see scanning operations in place at the container port in Rotterdam and at Schiphol international airport in Amsterdam.