Organised by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights with the support of Amnesty International, the Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, Harm Reduction International and the International Drug Policy Consortium Magdalena Dąbkowska, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. I have the pleasure to moderate this event. …
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Informal Civil Society Dialogue with the CND Chair
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with the CND Chair 21 March 2024 at 09AM – 10AM CET (C-CR-7 & via MS Teams) Penny Hill (Moderator, VNGOC): Welcome everyone Philbert Abaka Johnson, CND Chair: We cannot achieve optimal results unless everyone is involved in addressing the world drug problem. You play a valuable role, and at a …
CND Thematic Discussions // Session 6 – Non-compliance of responses with international drug control conventions & human rights obligations
Chair: Welcome back. The challenge that we will be focusing on this afternoon responses not in conformity with the three international drug conventions, and not in conformity with applicable international human rights obligations pose a challenge to the implementation of joint commitment based on the principle of responsibility. UNODC Scientific Services Branch: I have a brief moment …
Side event. The death penalty for drug offences: The role of international advocacy and diplomacy
Organised by Harm Reduction International with the support of Australia, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Mongolia, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Amnesty International Zaved Mahmood, OHCHR (Moderator): Special greetings to Pat O’Hare, the founder of Harm Reduction International. In accordance with international human …
Side Event: Drug-related detention: assessing efforts to relieve a crisis in Southeast Asia
Organized by Amnesty International with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat, IDUCARE and the Thailand Institute of Justice. Watch the video recording here. Gloria Lai, International Drug Policy Consortium: Hi everyone. Welcome to the side event at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This side event is on ‘Drug-related …
Side Event – A 10-year review of successes and failures of global drug control: A civil society shadow report
Event co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Norway to the International Organisations in Vienna, the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the International Organisations based in Vienna and the International Drug Policy Consortium. Ambassador Kjersti E. Andersen (Norway). I welcome our four speakers to this side event to welcome the Civil Society Shadow Report. I want …