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News21 August 2025

Call for applications: Fundraising strategy consultant – Help shape the next chapter of Support. Don’t Punish!

IDPC is seeking a consultant to help secure the future of the Support. Don't Punish campaign by diversifying its funding base and strengthening donor engagement.

Events

48th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD)

Geneva, Switzerland

20 October 2025 - 29 October 2025

The WHO's ECDD meeting will assess the critical reviews of a handful of substances, including the coca leaf, guiding future international scheduling decisions, with major implications for Indigenous rights.

Publications14 August 2025

Translating UN commitments into action – An advocacy primer on the UN thematic report: ‘Drug use, harm reduction and the right to health’

The Support. Don’t Punish campaign provides a concise primer on the UN Special Rapporteur’s landmark 2024 report, equipping advocates to advance decriminalisation, harm reduction, and rights-based drug policy.

Publications13 August 2025

Legal and policy considerations on decriminalisation of drug use and possession for personal use: International legal framework and the UN system common position on drug-related matters

UNODC presents its perspective on the role of treaty flexibilities in enabling decriminalisation as part of health-based approaches, identifying related reforms and alternatives to punitive measures.

Publications13 August 2025

Vienna after consensus: Report of the 68th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

IDPC highlights the creation of an independent review and deepening divides on harm reduction, human rights, and Indigenous rights.

News12 August 2025

How can drug decriminalisation be built to last?

Though often framed as a cure-all, decriminalisation is only one piece of the puzzle, and its success depends on the holistic improvement of social support.

IDPC in the Media12 August 2025

How can drug decriminalisation be built to last?

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Blog7 August 2025

A historic opportunity: Why the global liberation of the coca leaf matters on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, IDPC's Ann Fordham highlights how the international drug control regime harms Indigenous communities, and how the WHO’s coca leaf review offers a chance to right a longstanding injustice.

Events

INPUD Webinar: Sustainability at the Edge

Online

7 August 2025 - 7 August 2025

This INPUD webinar will bring together community and civil society actors to discuss the impact of global health cuts on people who use drugs.

Publications28 July 2025

Where there is fruit, there is seed: Scaling up community involvement for integrated, responsive, and sustainable harm reduction

The BOOST team explains how scaling up community-led harm reduction is crucial for achieving equity, impact, and real progress in the HIV response.

Publications28 July 2025

Stigma is not the solution to the drug crisis

Beckett and Reinarman discuss how the US crisis calls for compassion, evidence, and structural change.

News25 July 2025

59th Human Rights Council: drug policy highlights

HRI synthesizes discussions in the UN about topics such as poverty, discrimination against women and girls, health and arbitrary executions.

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