12 - 14 December 2012

Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, France

The conference is organised around four major themes: risks, technologies and prevention; governance and citizenship; cities and sustainable development; a Europe open to the world.

12 - 14 April 2012

Rhode Island, United States

This Conference will feature César Gaviria, Former President of Colombia and Former Secretary General of the OAS; Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer; Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile; Alan Bersin, Assistant Secretary of International Affairs, US Department of Homeland Security; and Genaro Garcia Luna, Secretary of Public Security in Mexico. 

23 - 27 April 2012

Vienna, Austria

The twenty-first session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, will be on the theme "Violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families".

15 - 17 May 2013

Bogotá, Colombia

The conference will focus on the collateral costs of illegal drugs and the war on drugs, including topics related to violence, corruption and institutional instability.

11 April 2013 17:30-19:30

Budapest, Hungary

This is the third debate organised by the Open Society Foundations' Global Drug Policy Program and the CEU School of Public Policy. It will be held on 11 April 2013, at 5:30pm in the CEU Auditorium.

13 - 14 June 2013

Nantes, France

The European and French Forums for Urban Security are organising, in partnership with the city of Nantes, a European conference called “Excessive alcoholism amongst youths in public spaces: the mobilisation of European cities towards a common strategy”.

11 May 2013

Vancouver, Canada.

This critical dialogue about depictions of madness, addiction and crime in Canadian documentary films will take place at Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre. This is a free and open event.

10 - 12 November 2014

Río de Janeiro, Brazil

IDHDP will be hosting a session where policies on treating stimulant use, particularly crack cocaine, will feature along with what new thinking needs to take place to stem the terrible violence taking place in South American producer and transit countries.

3 December 2014 18:00

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Experts will discuss the effects of the war on drugs in Baltimore and Latin America.

20 January 2015 14:00-17:30

Mexico DF, Mexico

The forum will provide a careful examination of security challenges in Mexico, featuring presentations from leading policy analysts.

26 February 2015 17:30-19:00

Health Poverty Action and the Inter-Parliamentary Union will be holding a parliamentary event to launch HPA’s new report, Casualties of War.

13 - 14 November 2015

London, UK

This event aims to promote a vision of security that is based on health, sustainability, peace and, ultimately common humanity.

17 May 2016 18:30

New York, USA

The Museum of the City of New York hold a discussion on the role of the state in regulating alcohol in the early twentieth century and illegal substances today.

5 July 2016 06:30-08:30

Oxford, UK

Hear why they and others are now campaigning for a new approach of drug policies.

13 June 2016 14:00-20:10

London, UK

The First Mexico Summit at UCL aims to bring together students, researchers and decision makers to present and discuss about the current Global Drug Policy in a stimulating environment.

1 November 2016

Washington DC, USA

Open Society Justice Initiative and the Diocesan Center for Human Rights Fray Juan de Larios examine the devastating toll of drug-related violence in Mexico.

24 - 26 June 2017

Dublin, Ireland

The 10th International Conference on nightlife, substance abuse and related health issues.

11 - 13 April 2018

Paris, France

This conference aims to bring together a group of researchers who have done historical and ethnographic research on the modalities and effects of drug regulation and prohibition in the Americas as well as on the social violence related