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Harm Reduction Key Principles in Homeless Services

Correlation and partners have produced an innovative set of tools and principles which aim to contribute to improving and transforming the services that shape access to and the quality of care that people experiencing homelessness who use drugs receive.

Publications 1 day ago

Poetry and art competition

EuroNPUD is inviting artists to take part in the Poetry and Art Competition 2021.

News Alerts 1 day ago

Key recommendations for the Global Fund Strategy 2023-2028: HRI and INPUD

HRI and INPUD call on the largest donor for harm reduction, the Global Fund, to consider seven key recommendations in their new strategy.

Publications 2 days ago

Global Developments on HIV/AIDS, and UNODC’s Partnership with Civil Society

28 October 2021 12:00-13:30

Online

UNODC experts as well as civil society representatives will present latest developments and inform participants about UNODC’s work on HIV/AIDS.

Events 2 days ago

Introduction special issue: environmental impacts of illicit economies

This Special Issue of the Journal of illicit Economies and Development seeks to understand the environmental impacts of illicit economies beyond traditional crime-focused indicators. This includes environmental impacts of illicit drug crop cultivation, drug trafficking and drug production across…

Publications 2 days, 18 hours ago

IDPC statement at the occasion of the 44th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence

IDPC call on the ECDD to consider the profound impacts of legal and policy choices that may be triggered by international scheduling and to take the lessons from past national controls duly into account before taking any further steps towards bringing kratom under international control.

News Alerts October 7, 2021

Statement on the human rights situation in the Philippines - Human Rights Council 48th Session

IDPC & HRI call for the meaningful engagement of civil society and communities in the UN Joint Programme on the Philippines, and its focus on aligning domestic drug policy with human rights standards.

News Alerts October 7, 2021

'No one believed me': A global overview of women facing the death penalty for drug offences

The Cornell Center on Death Penalty Worldwide and HRI highlight trends that characterise the gendered impacts of the implementation of the death penalty for drug offences.

Publications October 6, 2021

Why we can’t let cannabis become the next Big Tobacco

The failures and harms of prohibition will not be redressed by similarly unaccountable cannabis markets dominated by corporate actors.

News Alerts October 5, 2021

The common cause of drug reform and sex workers’ rights

Rights-affirming policies must reject both criminalisation and saviourism, instead seeking to address the root causes of people's involvement in criminalised economies.

News Alerts October 5, 2021

Video advocacy for drug policy reform

8 October 2021

Online

Recovering Justice and RRF share ideas on how video can be used as an effective advocacy and educational tool to advance drug policy reform.

Events 5 October 2021

‘Treatment in liberty’ - Human rights and compulsory detention for drug use

Lines et al. argue that the involuntary detention of people for the purposes of 'drug treatment' represents a violation of international law.

Publications October 4, 2021

60 years of the war on drugs: What needs to change

We cannot wait for another 60 years to redress and repair the dire impacts of punitive drug policies.

News Alerts October 4, 2021

Scientists reveal new method of getting hepatitis C treatment to people who inject drugs

Low-threshold access to testing, peer work and better linkages between services among recommendations.

News Alerts October 4, 2021

Global Drug Policy Index (GDPI) survey for civil society experts!

A major part of the data collection phase for the GDPI relies on a civil society survey which will truly enable us to assess how drug policies are actually being implemented on the ground.

News Alerts September 28, 2021

Cannabis regulation: Lessons from the illicit tobacco trade

IDPC draws lessons from the challenges of tobacco control, including in relation to corporate capture, to inform the design of equitable, inclusive and sustainable cannabis legal regulation.

Publications September 23, 2021

Getting ready for the Global Drug Policy Index (GDPI) - South Africa, Uganda, India

24 September 2021

Online

As we prepare for the global launch, IDPC and Youth RISE invite their members and other allies involved in drug policy advocacy to come and learn more about the Index. This online workshop will explain the GDPI project and methodology, prepare participants for the launch, and provide space for discussion and questions.

Events 21 September 2021

Getting ready for the Global Drug Policy Index (GDPI) - Europe

6 October 2021

Online

As we prepare for the global launch, IDPC and EuroNPUD invite their members and other allies involved in drug policy advocacy to come and learn more about the Index.

Events 15 September 2021

Global Consequences of the War on Drugs: Perspectives from Former Open Society Fellows

22 September 2021

Online

In this panel discussion, former Open Society fellows and global drug policy experts examine the international impacts of the war on drugs and provide insights on how to shift drug policy from prohibition and punishment to health and human rights.

Events 14 September 2021

Cannabis regulation: Lessons from the illicit tobacco trade - Publication launch

23 September 2021

Online

In seeking to future-proof sustainable regulatory efforts, join us for the launch of ‘Cannabis regulation: Lessons from the illicit tobacco trade’, an illuminating briefing paper written by Benoit Gomis and produced as a collaboration between the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), the Global Drug Policy Observatory (GDPO), Health Poverty Action (HPA), Transform, the Transnational Institute (TNI) and the Washington Office on latin America (WOLA).

Events 13 September 2021

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