Informal Civil Society Dialogue with UNODC Executive Director 20 March 2024, 11am – 12 pm, Room: CR-3 Matej Kosir (Chair, VNGOC): Welcome. Question 1: Encouraged by CND resolution 65/4 of 2023 “Promoting comprehensive, evidence-based early prevention” and 2024 Global Initiative on Drug Use Prevention “the Declaration of Oviedo” signed by some 400 civil society organizations, …
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP)
Side event: “Nothing about us without us”: Opportunities to involve youth in drug policy
Organized by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy with the support of Australia, Canada, the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Youth RISE, Sensible Drug Policy Australia and the International Drug Policy Consortium Liv, CSSDP. Let’s get sensible. CSSDP supports drug education efforts to provide realistic cannabis education through peer to peer services and guidance. We …
Side Event: Won’t Somebody Think of the Children? Youth Welfare in Drug Policy
Title: Won’t Somebody Think of the Children? Youth Welfare in Drug Policy Organizer: Students for Sensible Drug Policy Co-sponsors: Youth Rise Summary: While the welfare of young people is a key aspect of drug policy efforts, the ability of youth to have direct input in decision-making has been limited. In this side event, young people across …
Social justice and peacebuilding within drug policy reform
Organized by Acción Técnica Social and Instituto RIA Zara Snapp, Instituto RIA / Acción Técnica Social: This will be an interactive session before the presentation. Unfortunately, two presenters cancelled because of travel issues. Int he past, we’ve done this too; because you have interesting experiences that are rarely featured in these spaces. ATS has been …
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: Health Responses to the Opioid Poisoning Crisis: On-the-Ground Experiences and International Implications
Organized by Canada, and Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and International Drug Policy Consortium Fatal drug-related overdose is a pressing health crisis in North America. Highly potent synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and analogues, are increasingly present in the unregulated opioid …