IDPC describes de public health impact of punitive law enforcement on women who use drugs, offering recommendations for an evidence-informed and gender-sensitive response to drug use and HIV.
#DrugDecrim Month showcases the wealth of existing evidence and knowledge on the harmful impacts of criminalisation, and the benefits of decriminalisation to foster safer, healthier and more inclusive communities.
This year’s annual convening of the Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and Status will be an in-person event, held in Stellenbosch, South Africa from 27 – 29 September, 2022.
A recent study by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention reinforces a global consensus in favour of decriminalisation as a policy that protects and promotes health and human rights, as outlined in the UN System Common Position on Drugs adopted in 2018, and the UN System Common Position on…
