Organised by the Washington Office on Latin America with the support of Canada, the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and the Drug Policy Alliance Moderator: John Walsh, Washington Office on Latin America Jennifer Saxe, Director General, Controlled Substances Directorate Health, Canada: The government of Canada’s perspective takes …
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Side Event: Celebrating 40 years of increasing and meaningful civil society engagement in international drug policy
Organised by the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs with the support of Australia, Czechia and the UNODC Civil Society Unit Moderator: Jamie Bridge, VNGOC Jindrich Voboril, National Drug Coordinator, Czech Republic Civil society is the driving force in drug policy. The Czech Republic have just passed a bill to regulate drugs in regard to their …
Side Event: The coca leaf and United Nations drug control: repairing a historical mistake
Organized by Bolivia with the support of Colombia Carlos Eduardo del Castillo, Ministro de Gobierno del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia: When we talk about repairing a historical mistake, we talk about rewriting history —decolonising history and give the coca leaf its place in the history of Bolivia and the world. Currently, the coca leaf i …
Side event. Ensuring human rights protection in Nordic drug policy
Organised by the Foreningen for Human Narkotikapolitikk with the support of Iceland, Norway, Denmark, the International Drug Policy Consortium and RIO. Marie Nougier, International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC): Good morning everyone, thank you for joining us for this side event on Nordic drug policies, which is being organised by the Norwegian Association for Humane Drug …
Side Event: Initiatives to prevent overdose (Online)
Organised by Australia with the support of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States Welcome and Opening Remarks – Celia Street, First Assistant Secretary, Population Health Division, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care The Australian Government is investing $19.6 mil over four years from 2022-23 (and $4.9 mil ongoing) to deliver the …
Side Event: From principle to policy to practice: Implementing a human rights approach with people who use drugs
Organised by Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited with the support of Ghana, Norway, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Speakers: Michel Kazatchkine, Global Commission on Drug Policy Angela Constance, Minister for Drug Policy, MSP Seth Kwame Acheampong, Minister of State, Ghana Stephen Cutter, …