Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Events

Youth information sessions on the CND expert panel reviewing the global drug control system

Online

19 October 2026 - 20 October 2026

Youth RISE and partners are organising two interactive sessions to help young advocates engage with the UN expert panel reviewing the international drug control system and prepare written submissions.

News1 October 2026

Asking uncomfortable questions: ensuring human rights and upholding the evidence – Ann Fordham interviews Laura Gil

Colombia's former ambassador to the UN in Vienna, Laura Gil, reflects on the independent review of the drug control system and its role in challenging the assumption that the international legal framework is not open to reform.

Publications22 July 2026

Progress amidst uncertainty: Report of the 69th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

IDPC discusses the Commission's post-consensus 'new normal' and how it creates opportunities for progress on harm reduction and reform amid growing divisions and threats to rights.

Publications20 July 2026

$Progress amidst fracture: reflections from the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (March 2026)$

Progress amidst fracture: reflections from the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (March 2026)

Bridge, Nougier and Barrett reflect on the fractures exposed at the 69th session of the CND and argue that the collapse of consensus is creating new space for harm reduction, human rights and reform.

News25 June 2026

Over 60 organisations urge UNODC and CND to stand against the death penalty for drug offences

IDPC joins this civil society call for the UN’s main drug control entities to unequivocally condemn the use of the death penalty for drug offences and ensure that international cooperation does not contribute to further executions.

Publications16 June 2026

Repairing the 'machinery' – Part 3: Aligning international drug policy with human rights, health and development

IDPC offers recommendations on how the Expert Panel’s mandate should be interpreted, and proposes eight structural issues around which the Panel could frame its deliberations and final report

Events

CND Chair's special event: World Drug Day - Launch of the 2026 UNODC World Drug Report

Vienna, Austria / Online

26 June 2026

Member States, UN entities, civil society and other stakeholders will address evolving drug policy challenges and evidence-based responses.

Publications20 May 2026

Translating UN commitments into action - An advocacy primer on the HRC Resolution 60/26: 'The human rights implications of drug policy'

The Translating UN Commitments into Action series unpacks key international norms and guidance — why they matter and how to use them in your work.

Publications26 April 2026

Repairing the 'machinery' – Part 2: Civil society engagement with the independent review of international drug policy commitments

IDPC provides key recommendations on how the expert panel can meaningfully engage with civil society, directly affected communities, Indigenous Peoples and youth within their work.

News13 April 2026

UNGASS promises unfulfilled: Marie Nougier on the challenges facing global drug policy

Marie Nougier discusses progress, limitations and setbacks after a decade of the 2016 UNGASS.

News12 April 2026

Coca chronicles: Monitoring the UN coca review - Issue #7: Coca review denouement

The WHO’s decision to keep coca leaf under strict controls highlights weak legal reasoning, disregard for scientific evidence, and ongoing harms to Indigenous rights.

Publications31 March 2026

INCB Annual Report 2025

The INCB examines mounting pressures on the global drug control system, from synthetic drugs and access to medicines to increasing fragmentation within the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

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