Renata Segura, SSRC. I thank the organisers and Switzerland for their continued support. Christian Schneider, Switzerland. I will discuss the state perspective on policy metrics. I don’t represent the official Swiss position here, I am contributing to the World Drug Report and Part IV on law enforcement indicators. I am also a consumer of UNODC’s products so …
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
Side event: Implementing CND resolution 59/5: Mainstreaming a gender perspective in drug policy
Amb Bente, CND Chair. When we discuss SDG 5 and gender, we look into the special vulnerabilities in the health area and the needs of women and how they are being left behind. We must discuss rehabilitation, alternative development and prevention. This is really a key to our work and I think that it also goes …
Side Event – Jointly Supporting Gender Mainstreaming in the Implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
On December 2nd, the CND together with the Commission on the Status of Women organised a side event to the 59th Reconvened Session of the CND. The event was chair by Mexican Ambassador Alicia Buenrostro (in the absence of Norwegian Ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen), who opened the event with a complete summary of the overlaps of …
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 …
Side event: Human rights organs address drug policy
Side event organised by the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner and CELS. Luciana Pol, CELS. This side event looks for a discussion on what has happened so far, contributions that are possible to do through human rights mechanisms, but also how this expertise can contribute to the UNGASS process, how these inputs can …
Side event: UNGASS 2016 on the world drug problem: Focus on people, public health and human rights
Side event organised by Colombia, Switzerland and Norway Ambassador Shamaa, UNGASS Board Chair – The Joint Ministerial Statement adopted in 2014 highlighted that the drug problem continued to pause a serious threat to health and well being of communities. In a special event in September we discussed the lack of availability of controlled substances for medical …