Human rights

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

'From waiting in line, to the United Nations': Families of people deprived of liberty as rights holders and key actors in crime prevention and social reintegration

Vienna, Austria / Online

3 June 2026

This side event at centres the rights and experiences of families of people deprived of liberty, highlighting the impact of incarceration on women, children and adolescents.

Events

Accelerating access to opioid agonist maintenance therapy (OAMT): An essential public health intervention

Geneva, Switzerland / Online

20 May 2026

Held alongside the 79th World Health Assembly, this inter-ministerial dialogue will focus on accelerating access to opioid agonist maintenance therapy as an essential public health intervention.

News13 May 2026

From ‘warfare’ to welfare: Project aims to change the way Filipinos view and talk about drug use

Community-led harm reduction education in the Philippines seeks to replace fear-based drug narratives with evidence, empathy and respect for the rights of people who use drugs.

News13 May 2026

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

Amid mounting concern over extrajudicial killings and abuses carried out in the name of the 'war on drugs', survivors' stories underscore the deadly risk of the US campaign against 'narcoterrorism'.

Publications13 May 2026

Annual report on the death penalty in Iran 2025

IHRNGO and ECPM report that executions in Iran reached their highest recorded level since 1989 , with drug-related offences accounting for nearly half of all known executions.

Publications12 May 2026

Contributions from the Working Group on Women, Drug Policy and Incarceration

The Working Group on Women, Drug Policy and Incarceration analyses how punitive drug policies have driven the incarceration of women in Latin America and proposes gender-sensitive and intersectional responses.

News12 May 2026

Coloniality, race and drug policy - Contemporary Drug Problems special issue: Call for papers

Contributions welcome on how coloniality and racial hierarchies continue to shape drug policy, governance and knowledge production.

Blog11 May 2026

Securitisation, narcoterrorism and a drug-free America: The US drug strategy takes a hard turn

The new US drug strategy revives 'war on drugs' rhetoric, sidelining harm reduction, human rights, and evidence in favour of securitisation, militarisation, and counterproductive abstinence-led approaches.

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.

News23 April 2026

IDPC joins global call to all states to stop facilitating US extrajudicial killings

A coalition of 125 organisations warns of human rights implications, as well as the risk of legal responsibility for States collaborating in unlawful killings at sea.

Events

Islam & drug policy — A webinar

Online

30 April 2026

Drawing on country experiences, this session discusses how Islamic perspectives can support harm reduction and people-centred drug policy reform.

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