Organised by the Penal Reform International with the support of Ghana, the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum and the International Drug Policy Consortium [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrDVtp0xK2A&w=560&h=315] Doreen N Kyazze, Penal Reform International. Our panellists will present initiatives on decriminalisation of drug use and petty offences in Africa. While this initiative is Africa led, we will be looking …
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Side event: The Global Drug Policy Index 2021: A global tool for evaluation and accountability
Recording in English: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCxumf5AiZU] Recording in Spanish: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOFPOM2nnVs] Recording in Russian: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWyByvWa1yU] Marie Nougier, IDPC: Good morning, good afternoon and good evening to you all, and welcome to this side event organised at the occasion of the 65 session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to launch the Global Drug Policy Index. My name …
The Inequalities that Drive the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among People Who Use Drugs and People in Prisons
Moderator: Monica Ciupagea Expert, Drug use and HIV, UNODC: Welcome to all, thank you for joining us for this side event. Fariba Soltani, Chief of HIV/AIDS Section, Global HIV Coordinator, UNODC will be opening, thank you Fariba. Speaker: Fariba Soltani Chief of HIV/AIDS Section, Global HIV Coordinator, UNODC: Thank you very much to all who …
Side Event: #Leaving No One Behind: Addressing Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings – Providing Access to Services for Displaced Populations and Host Communities in Acute and Protracted Emergencies
#Leaving No One Behind: Addressing Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings – Providing Access to Services for Displaced Populations and Host Communities in Acute and Protracted Emergencies Moderator: UNODC, Giovanna Campello, Chief of Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section Speakers: Anja Busse, UNODC, Program Officer in Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section Dr. Dzmitry Krupchanka, WHO, Medical Officer, …
Side event: Driving change from a shrinking space: Challenges to effective civil society participation in drug policy making
Organised by the Brussels Federation of Institutions for Drug Addicts with the support of the Czech Republic, Spain, and the Civil Society Forum on Drugs in the EU, the Council of Europe – Pompidou Group, the European Union, and the French NGO Platform on Drug Policy Laurène Collard, Civil Society Forum on Drugs in the …
Side Event: Drug policy in Asia: the importance of intersectional perspectives
Organized by the International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific with the support of the Health and Opportunity Network, the International Drug Policy Consortium, and the Persatuan Insaf Murni Malaysia [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WrkilXc9cU&w=560&h=315] The impacts of drug policies are not the same for every person. They can differ according to ethnicity, gender, sexuality, citizenship and …