The challenge for governments, civil society and citizens across the hemisphere is to use the OAS report as a tool for debating present drug policies and ultimately crafting effective and humane alternative approaches.
This report provides a snapshot of field experiences on voluntary and human rights-based harm reduction programmes in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Malaysia.
The IDPC toolkit aims to build the capacity of civil society organisations for engaging with, and influencing, drug policy making processes at national, regional and international level.
This report provides a summary of what was discussed – and to highlight what was not – at this year’s meeting, and offers some analysis of the key discussions, debates and emerging new trends.
After analysing the regional debate and national-level reforms, this report concludes with policy recommendations that should be undertaken to maintain the momentum and advance drug policy reforms in the region.
The event, aimed primarily at law enforcement practitioners, was designed to discuss and promote new approaches to policing with a view to improve drug law enforcement strategies.
This briefing paper aims to shift the focus of the debate on policing and HIV-related outcomes and explore more positive relationships and the related benefits to be derived by police engaging with people who inject drugs.
Focused deterrence strategies seek to minimise the most pernicious behaviour of criminal groups (such as violence) while tolerating less harmful activities.
This briefing paper reviews current policies and practices that have been implemented in response to the use of controlled drugs in Indonesia, and highlights some of the key challenges and issues that remain.
This advocacy note informed the discussions of the seminar organised in New York for diplomats and UN officials on reform processes from around the world.
This briefing highlights the effects of drug policy on women as producers, suppliers and consumers of drugs in order to inform and guide policy makers on practices that should be avoided, as well as highlight those policies which effectively incorporate and address women’s needs.
This visit was an opportunity for UHRN representatives to learn more about how these harm reduction services are design and delivered, in order to be able to promote similar initiatives in Uganda.
During 2012 the Community Action on Harm Reduction project has been fully operational in 5 project countries providing services to people who inject drugs, their families and partners.
This IDPC response provides an overview of the data and topics presented in the Report and where appropriate, within the broader context of the current state of the UN drug control framework, offer a critical analysis of both.
This IDPC Advocacy Note offers a set of recommendations based on global evidence to guide policy makers in adopting the new AU Plan of Action on Drug Control.
This note makes recommendations for ASEAN to shift towards drug policies that can more effectively tackle drug-related crime, while ensuring the health and social integration of people who use drugs.
The purpose of this briefing paper is to review up-to-date evidence on the institutionalisation of police violence toward people who use drugs across the region and the implications of these practices for public health and society.
