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Publications4 June 2025

Beyond the drug war: a health-first approach to global drug policy

DPA calls on the US to abandon drug war strategies and embrace a health and human rights-based approach, showing how global prohibition fuels violence, poverty, and overdose crises.

Publications4 June 2025

Global Prison Trends 2025

PRI highlights record prison populations, overcrowding and rights abuses — urging drug policy reform, non-custodial measures and centring lived experience in decision-making

Events

CND 68th Session Reconvened

Vienna, Austria

4 December 2025 - 5 December 2025

This will be a joint meeting reconvening both the CND 68th session and the 34th CCPCJ session.

Blog4 June 2025

INCB recommends increased morphine production for palliative care

The INCB’s 2024 report highlights the global failure to ensure equitable access to controlled medicines for pain relief, palliative care, and harm reduction — urging urgent, rights-affirming reforms.

Events

CND Chair's special event: World Drug Day - Launch of the 2025 UNODC World Drug Report

Vienna, Austria

26 June 2025

The World Drug Report, launched by the CND Chair at this event, monitors global drug trends, health impacts and policy impacts.

Events

CND Intersessional meeting - Thematic discussions on the implementation of all international drug policy commitments following up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration (Autumn 2025)

Vienna, Austria

30 September 2025 - 2 October 2025

A CND event to review global drug policy progress, address urgent health challenges, and prepare for 2028 stock-taking and reforms.

Publications4 June 2025

Triggering injustice: State violence in the name of drug control — IDPC joint submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on summary, extrajudicial or arbitrary executions

IDPC and fellow NGOs expose how militarised drug policies fuel extrajudicial killings and systemic abuse, urging urgent global reforms to uphold human rights and end impunity.

News20 May 2025

183 civil society groups urge UN Secretary-General to lead historic global drug policy review with a bold, inclusive and transformative vision

Global civil society groups call on the UN Secretary-General to ensure the independence, credibility and representativeness of the UN review's expert panel, and to champion meaningful, rights-affirming reform.

Publications20 May 2025

Repairing the “machinery”: Recommendations and expectations for the independent review of international drug policy commitments

IDPC lays out key considerations and aspirations for the independent panel established by the CND to review the UN drug control system, highlighting potential pitfalls to avoid to make this review count.

News19 May 2025

'We must continue pursuing humane drug policies that advance all human rights' - UN Human Rights Chief

Decision-makers must invest in ending punitive drug policies and responses in favour of rights-based approaches that prioritise harm reduction and community leadership.

Publications19 May 2025

Translating UN commitments into action - An advocacy primer on CND resolution 67/4

The Translating UN Commitments into Action series unpacks key international norms and guidance — why they matter and how to use them in your work.

News19 May 2025

The Harm Reduction International Conference has come to an end: what happens next?

HR25 showcased the power of community, civil society and governmental leadership to advance justice and rights-affirming drug policies and services.

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