Side event at the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs Wednesday 11 March, 8:00-9:00am ET / 1:00-2:00pm CET / 8:00-9:00pm PHT In-person: Room M0E79, Vienna International Centre Drugs are an issue which – like migration, social liberalization and economic tensions – has the capacity to shatter democratic and human rights norms. …
Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)
Human Rights Implication of Drug Policy: Alternatives to Incarceration, Conviction and Punishment
This side event was organised by Penal Reform International, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czechia, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland, European Union, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Corporación Centro de Estudios de Derecho Justicia y Sociedad (Dejusticia), Drug Policy Alliance, Harm Reduction International, International Centre on …
Side Event: From synthetic drug threats to synthetic drug realities: Examining the role of global drug policies and charting a way forward
FROM SYNTHETIC DRUG THREATS TO SYNTHETIC DRUG REALITIES: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF GLOBAL DRUG POLICIES AND CHARTING A WAY FORWARD Organized by the Washington Office on Latin America with the support of the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, the Drug Policy Alliance, …
Side event: Global and local perspectives for reparations to the war on drugs
Watch the video recording here. Organized by Dejusticia with the support of the Drug Policy Alliance, Elementa DDHH and the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy Adriania Muro-Polo, Elementa, DDHH: Well, we´re going to start. Good morning everyone, thank you for joining us today so early to this Side Event. My name is …
Side event: The ineffectiveness of disproportionate sentencing: Towards sensible and people-centred policies
Organised by the Instituto RIA AC with the support of Colombia, Elementa DDHH, DeJusticia, Acción Técnica Social, the Drug Policy Alliance, the International Drug Policy Consortium and the Law Enforcement Action Partnership Luiz Felipe Cruz, Lyn Ulbricht,Tehshia Naidoo, Neil Woods, Camilo Eduardo Umana Tuesday 14th March 13:00-13:50 Luiz Felipe (DeJusticia): There has been the implementation …
Side event. The impact of drug policy on economic, social and cultural rights: Overturning decades of neglect
Organised by the International Drug Policy Consortium with the support of Colombia, Czechia, Ghana, Norway, Portugal, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Dejusticia, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, Harm Reduction International, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, the International Network of People who Use Drugs, and the Transnational Institute …