The webinar series will shed light on the contentious issues that are likely to structure the debates, discuss tabled resolutions and opportunities for engagement, and showcase the experience of IDPC network members in navigating and leveraging this forum for political advocacy.
Mexico, Austria, Switzerland and the Global Commission on Drug Policy organise a Vienna-Geneva dialogue on the direction and pending challenges facing the global drug control regime.
The tentative dates for the Sixty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna are: 18-22 March 2019. The High-level Ministerial Segment would precede it, on 14-15 March 2019.
The 3rd CND Intersessional Meeting will take place from September 25-28th in Vienna and will discuss an array of issues relating to drug policy and the upcoming ministerial segment.
The 4th CND Intersessional Meeting will take place from October 22nd-25th in Vienna and will discuss an array of issues relating to drug policy and cooperation within the international community.
The 5th CND Intersessional Meeting will take place from November 7th-9th in Vienna and will discuss an array of issues relating to drug policy and the role of the international community.
The UN Secretary-General provides an overview of the global situation on drugs, and crucially highlights cross-UN efforts to implement the UNGASS Outcome Document.
On the margins of the 61st CND the Vienna and New York NGO Committees signed the Memorandum of Understanding establishing the new Civil Society Task Force (CSTF) to ensure meaningful civil society participation in the process leading up to and during the ministerial segment 2019.
The OHCHR has opened a call for contributions to its report on the implementation of the UNGASS Outcome Document and its intersections with human rights. Deadline for submissions is 18 May.
IDPC provides an overview of the intersections between human rights and drug control as enshrined in the UNGASS Outcome document, offering recommendations for a better coordination of these two spheres of international cooperation.
IDPC members and allies contributed a number of submissions to the call for contributions of the OHCHR concerning the upcoming report on UNGASS implementation and human rights.
The IDPC network outlines four key asks for member states towards ensuring that future drug policies are firmly situated within the UN priorities of protecting health and human rights, promoting development and advancing peace and security.
