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News18 July 2024

Repeal punitive laws against poverty and inequality - Interactive Dialogue with the UNSR extreme poverty and human rights at HRC56

IDPC joins sister organisations in calling for the decriminalisation of activities related to drug use and sex work, as well as the legal regulation of substances, to tackle marginalisation.

Events

The World Drug Report 2024: Webinar for civil society

Online

25 July 2024

The event will feature expert insights and a Q&A session on the report

Blog28 June 2024

The 2024 World Drug Report: UNODC misses the mark on human rights and harm reduction

The 2024 World Drug Report misrepresents the right to health, diverges from the UN system's own guidance on the matter, and shockingly omits mentioning harm reduction.

Publications28 June 2024

The cost of complacency: A harm reduction funding crisis

HRI highlight how underinvestment in harm reduction in low- and middle-income countries hinders progress towards global health goals, whilst costly punitive drug policies prevail.

Blog26 June 2024

World Drugs Day 2024: Human rights and harm reduction take centre stage while UN drugs agency grapples with denial

The UN system increasingly questions the validity of the 'drug war', embracing harm reduction and decriminalisation — so why is UNODC stuck in the inertia of the past?

Blog26 June 2024

Support. Don’t Punish campaigners are dismantling the ‘war on drugs’ and building sustainable alternatives that uphold rights and dignity

In transnational solidarity, Support. Don’t Punish campaigners are dismantling the ‘war on drugs’ and building sustainable alternatives that uphold everyone's rights and dignity.

Events

Drug policies and responses: a right to health framework on harm reduction - High-level side event

Vienna, Austria

27 June 2024

On the occasion of World Drug Day, the UN SR on the right to health will present her latest report's findings and recommendations.

News24 June 2024

From criminalisation to harm reduction, health and rights - IDPC statement at the interactive dialogue with the UNSR on the right to health

Stigma, discrimination, criminalisation and racism have had devastating impacts on the right to health of people who use drugs, in particular on people facing multiple and intersecting layers of vulnerability.

News24 June 2024

UN expert calls for end to the ‘war on drugs’

UN Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng called upon member states to end the war on drugs, as a war on people and a threat to the dignity, health and rights of communities.

Publications20 June 2024

World Drug Report 2024

UNODC releases its annual analysis of global drug markets, trends, and policy developments – which includes, for the first time, a chapter on the right to health and drug use.

News14 June 2024

Fentanyl exposure: myths, misconceptions, and the media

This report documents misreporting on fentanyl exposure, highlights its negative consequences, and offers tips for good approaches.

News14 June 2024

The United Nations calls for the protection of traditional knowledge

A recent UN report stressed protecting Indigenous cultural and medicinal plant use, preventing corporate exploitation, and integrating traditional knowledge into public health policies.

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