Organised by Belgium with the support of Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, the European Union, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the …
Ghana
Side event: Human rights and drugs: what have we learned and where are we heading?
Organised by Czechia with the support of Colombia, Ghana, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Drug Policy Consortium Katerina Horackova, Czechia. Thank you all for being here and thanks to all our cosponsors. I want to show …
Side event. The efforts of Ghana towards placing health and human rights at the heart of national drug policy: lessons learned and future opportunities
Organized by Ghana with the support of Czechia, Germany, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, the African Union Commission, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Centre for Human Rights and Drug Policy and the International Drug Policy Consortium Moderator: Mary Wangui Mugwanja, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations …
Side Event: From principle to policy to practice: Implementing a human rights approach with people who use drugs
Organised by Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited with the support of Ghana, Norway, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Speakers: Michel Kazatchkine, Global Commission on Drug Policy Angela Constance, Minister for Drug Policy, MSP Seth Kwame Acheampong, Minister of State, Ghana Stephen Cutter, …
Plenary Items 1, 2, 3 – Opening of the 66th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
OPENING OF THE SIXTY-SIXTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS Secretary: [Organizational and administrative disclaimers for online participants] Chair: [Opening statement – no interpretation] Item 1. Chair: The extended bureau held three meetings this year to address organizational matters that were also discussed during the pre-consultation sessions. I thank all the participants. I also …
Side Event: Practical Measures for the Prohibition of Arbitrary Detention in the Context of Drug Control Measures
Organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights with the support of Canada, Ghana, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the Commission of Human Rights of the Philippines, the European Union, Harm Reduction International, the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the International Network of People …