APCOM and IDPC urge the public, law enforcement, and policymakers in Thailand to help ensure equality and equity for LGBTQ+ people who use drugs, especially in their access to health and social services, and ending stigma and discrimination against them.
UN Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng called upon member states to end the war on drugs, as a war on people and a threat to the dignity, health and rights of communities.
The HIV Legal Network identifies what can and needs to be done to strengthen the response to HIV, other STBBIs, and other health concerns among GBT2Q people who use drugs.
IDPC and other organisations encourage the Special Rapporteurs to acknowledge the harmful effects of criminalising drug use and sex work in relation to the policing of people living in poverty in public spaces.
IDPC, HON, IDUCARE and SPINN outline barriers faced by women who use drugs in realising their health and right, showcases good practices of care and support, and proposes recommendations for reform.
The HIV Legal Network provides recommendations on creating a safe and trusting environment through provision of staff training, promotion of knowledge exchange between staff and participants, and centering on people's lived experiences.
Despite increasing incarceration of women, and women disproportionately imprisoned for drug-related offences, the stories and experiences of women sentenced to death for drug offences are mostly unheard.
UNODC outlines practical responses that government can take to address gender-based violence and HIV experienced by women and people of diverse gender identity and expression who use drugs.