Human rights and social justice

Publications1 January 1970

'Disrupt and vilify': The war on immigrants inside the US war on drugs

The Drug Policy Alliance and Human Rights Watch presents recommendations on immigration and drug laws that disproportionately affect migrants

News26 September 2024

Decriminalising drug use can help save lives, redirect resources for infectious diseases, says Malaysia deputy health minister

Deputy Minister Lukanisman said decriminalisation challenges stigma, facilitates access to health services, and tackles social injustice and called on international leaders to consider this policy.

Events

The future of drug policy: Health and well-being for all

Online

20 September 2024

The ImPACT Coalition organises a discussion on how responses to drug-related issues can help progress the Sustainable Development Goals.

Events

Campaign for the elimination of violence against women who use drugs - EVAWUD 2024

24 November 2024 - 10 December 2024

WHRIN launches 16-day period of global advocacy to demonstrate support for action and policy that prioritise human rights, gender awareness, and harm reduction.

News20 June 2024

The weight of inaction: The mothers fighting the war on drugs in Brazil

Women and mothers in Brazil are honouring the memories of their lost loved ones by advocating for justice and an end to the state-sanctioned violence of the 'war on drugs'.

Events

RightsCon 2025: Taipei

Taipei and Online

24 February 2025 - 27 February 2025

RightsCon 2025 aims to build strategies and drive forward change toward a more free, open, and connected digital world.

Publications11 March 2024

3rd Brandenburg Forum (BBF) in Geneva: Consolidating progress for human rights in drug policy - Meeting report

This meeting report summarises key debates and interventions, and provides an account of the priorities identified by participants.

News10 March 2024

Ireland: Call for part of Misuse of Drugs Act to be repealed

Adopting a health-led approach to drug use must involve the end to criminalisation and stigma.

Publications7 March 2024

The coloniality of drug prohibition

Dertadian explores how prohibitionist policies serve as a colonial tool and calls to centre the experiences and knowledges of Indigenous and colonised peoples in drug policy scholarship.

Publications31 January 2024

Using alone at home: What’s missing in housing-based responses to the overdose crisis?

Fleming et al. call for scaling up housing-based interventions, and better understanding the role that contextual factors play in overdose vulnerability.

News22 January 2024

Call for civil society comments on the preliminary draft outline of the UN CESCR General Comment on drug policy

The views of civil society and affected communities should be reflected in the General Comment and this is a fantastic opportunity to submit them.

Publications4 December 2023

Off track: Shadow report for the mid-term review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on drugs

IDPC draws on wide-ranging data from UN, government, academic and civil society sources to conclude that there has been little, incomplete or no progress in achieving the goals set out in the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on Drugs.

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