This meeting in Hong Kong aims to provide a multi-disciplinary platform for participants to assess the gap between rights and practice implementation of drug policies in Asia.
A short film to raise awareness about the harms of global drug policy and call for legal regulation of drugs, created by Health Poverty Action and Campaign film.
The International AIDS Society—Lancet Commission point to a need for redoubled efforts in the HIV response, including the dismantlement of the so-called war on drugs.
Civil society organisations call on the UN Statistical Commission to contribute to the improvement of the ARQ review process, including by promoting collaboration with relevant UN agencies.
The Youth Rise report assesses the variation of youth movements at national level, achievements at the international level followed by an internal structural review on how to improve.
IDPC evaluates the impacts of drug policies implemented in Asia over the past decade, assessing progress made towards international and regional goals and concluding on the need to move away from the damaging drug-free approach.
The authors look at the stark contrast between the intense violence associated with the prohibited coca market in Colombia and how strong, local, self-help, and non-state institutions in poor communities in Bolivia have been a key factor in mitigating violence and criminal activity in coca-growing…
The authors track the evolution of alternative development as a concept and practice, identifying avenues for improvement in light of the UNGASS Outcome Document.
The authors argue that, while illicit markets are frequently associated with violence and disorder, they can also provide a lifeline to those living within the margins of society.