Civil society engagement

News25 September 2025

As ASEAN drug policy transitions, where will the Philippines stand?

Punitive drug policies in ASEAN have failed to achieve ‘drug-free’ goals, while harm reduction offers a pragmatic, rights-based alternative already showing results in the region — albeit torpedoed by Singapore's hardlines stance.

News2 September 2025

60th Session of the Human Rights Council: Drug policy opportunities

The 60th Session is an opportunity to bring attention to the impact of drug control policies on human rights worldwide, with the death penalty, violations of international humanitarian law, forced disappearances, and discussions on arbitrary detention taking place.

News8 August 2025

C-EHRN statement on the elimination of EU4Health operating grants for civil society organisations

C-EHRN urges the European Commission to reconsider its decision to eliminate EU4Health operating grants, warning that it endangers vital public health and human rights protections.

Events

World Drug Report 2025: Webinar for civil society

Online

4 September 2025 - 4 September 2025

This VNGOC webinar on the 2025 World Drug Report will focus on health, crime, and environmental impacts.

News17 July 2025

From the roots up: The Support. Don’t Punish campaign’s lifetime evaluation 2013-2023

Drawing on insights from over 200 partners, the campaign’s evaluation explores how Support. Don’t Punish has fostered the development of a global movement capable of shifting narratives, mobilising communities, and sparking change for rights-based, harm-reducing laws, policies and practices.

Blog3 July 2025

Same fight, new arena: Mobilising expertise in times of regression

As panic and geopolitics drive drug and bordering policy, harm reduction advocates find new ground at the UN — mobilising evidence, resisting disinformation, and taking the fight for rights to a global stage.

News2 June 2025

Stop the crackdown – Save lives: Defend civil society and the rule of law in Hungary

124 NGOs from 48 countries condemn Hungary’s 2025 drug war crackdown on people who use drugs, harm reduction services, and civil society, calling for urgent Europe-wide action.

News19 May 2025

Hungary: Drugreporter will not be silenced

The Hungarian government's Russia-style bill targeting civic freedoms is an unacceptable threat to democracy.

News16 April 2025

UNAIDS launches the development of the new Global AIDS Strategy 2026-2031

In response to emerging challenges, this UNAIDS strategy will propose bold, multisectoral, evidence-based targets to end AIDS as a public health threat.

News10 April 2025

How the shift in US funding is threatening both the lives of people affected by HIV and the community groups supporting them

Amid US funding freezes, the future of clinics and healthcare services around the world is unclear, putting decades of progress in the global fight against HIV at risk.

Events

23rd International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)

Accra, Ghana

3 December 2025 - 8 December 2025

The 23rd ICASA seeks to drive integrated, innovative, and rights-based responses to end AIDS, TB, and malaria while strengthening health systems and pandemic preparedness.

Publications7 April 2025

Eliminating hepatitis C in Europe: A report on policy implementation for people who inject drugs - 2024

C-EHRN's civil society monitoring identifies necessary but unequal progress on treatment and access to services, decrying enduring challenges related to funding, legislation, stigma and political will.

Explore more content