Harm reduction

Publications8 April 2025

18th annual report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

The SPT outlines its recent activities, warns that punitive drug policies contribute to torture and ill-treatment, and urges evidence-based voluntary treatment, harm reduction, and oversight.

News7 April 2025

An effective and humane approach to drug policies

Human rights experts from the UN and civil society call for a shift from punitive drug policies to health- and rights-based approaches.

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.

News7 April 2025

Survey: Understanding the impact of the US stop-work order on funding for HIV and youth programmes

Y+ Global, Youth LEAD, Youth RISE and The PACT lead on this effort to better understand the cuts' impacts on operations and access to services.

News7 April 2025

Resist and reverse rollbacks: A feminist call to protect harm reduction and sexual and reproductive health

Cuts in foreign aid and shrinking space for civil society are jeopardising decades of progress in harm reduction, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health rights.

News7 April 2025

Facts, not fear: Inside Mexico’s pioneering drug harm reduction programs

Organisations like Instituto RIA and PrevenCasa offer free, non-judgemental services, despite a near-total lack of public funding.

News7 April 2025

Canada: Despite Ontario Superior Court injunction recognising irreparable harm, most supervised consumption sites face closure

Health experts warn that recent legislation seeking to close these sites will worsen health and life outcomes for communities.

News7 April 2025

UN CESCR concluding observations highlight rights abuses related to drug control and call for reform

The Committee's concluding observations on the Philippines and the United Kingdom include clear recommendations on aligning drug policy with human rights standards.

Publications7 April 2025

The human cost of policy shifts: The fallout of US foreign aid cuts on harm reduction programming and people who use drugs

INPUD's survey highlights the devastating effects of foreign aid cuts on harm reduction programming and community networks, calling for emergency funding mechanisms, increased domestic support and intensified advocacy.

Publications7 April 2025

Drug consumption rooms: Service models and evidence

HRI provides an overview of these harm reduction interventions, noting their impact on increasing access to support services and reducing drug-related mortality and the transmission of infectious diseases.

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.

Publications7 April 2025

Four decades of overdose prevention centres: lessons for the future from a realist review

Keemink et al. propose key variables and causal mechanisms conditioning the impact of these harm reduction interventions.

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