Organized by the RIO Rusmisbrukernes Interesseorganisasjon with the support of Norway, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Community Addictions Peer Support Association, Dianova International and the Association for Humane Drug Policies Tuesday 14th March,2023 9:10am-10:00am Mr. Kenneth Arctander (RIO Rusmisbrukernes Interesseorganisasjon): …
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Side Event: Young People Use Drugs – Bridging the gap between Human Rights and Young Key Populations
Alex Betsos (CSSDP): Welcome. We will structure our event today around the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy. There is still language missing about youth in terms of autonomy, it is very much children focused. Our panelists will talk about what builds on that point, how we work to bridge the gap between …
Side event: The nexus between drug control and human rights
Organised by the Government of Norway and the Council of Europe Bent Høie, Minister of Health, Norway. Human rights are reflected in the outcome document but not sufficiently. Human rights are universal regardless of colour and status in society. We promote the rights of all members of society to participate in society. This serves also …
CND Day 3 – UNODC’s Policy Analysis and Public Affairs Division introduces paper on strengthening cooperation between UN bodies in human rights
Dr. Sandeep Chawla introduced a major resolution on how drug control and crime prevention and criminal justice can be synchronised with protection of human rights. This document offers ways forward about how to mainstream human rights in the work of the UNODC. This document was posted on the IHRAblog yesterday. This represents the strongest and …
Side event: The United Nations Joint Programme for Human Rights in the Philippines
Organized by the UNODC Philippines Country Office Lee Yarcia, Legal Expert, UNODC Philippines: Thank you all for joining us today. My name is Lee Yarcia and I’ll be your moderator. On October 7th 2020, the Human Rights Council adopted Resolution No. 45/33, providing for technical cooperation and capacity building for the promotion and protection …
Side event. The right to health of people who use drugs: Harm reduction and access to voluntary treatments in a human rights perspective
Organised by the Forum Droghe with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Harm Reduction International, the European Network of People who Use Drugs, la Società della Ragione and the Associazione Luca Coscioni Adria Cots – IDPC: Let me start but trying to share some definitions about harm reduction. Within the context of UN …