Michael Camilleri, OHCHR. Eliminating impunity, access to justice are key elements of the 2016 UNGASS. The International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy states that everyone has the right to accountability. They suggests actions MS can take: create transparent human rights mechanisms, conduct investigations, holding perpetrators accountable, ensure access to appropriate remedies. Here we …
Global Commission on Drug Policy
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: 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, …
Side Event: Legal and Institutional Framework on Drug Control and Related Organized Crime in West Africa
Organized by the Government of Nigeria, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the Economic Community of West African States. Barbara Goedde (Global Commission on Drug Policy): Welcome on behalf of the co-sponsors, including the Global Commission on Drug Policy. Today we will hear from the Ambassador in Nigeria, and Nigeria have been playing a formal …
Side event – Bringing human rights into the heart of drug control: Death penalty for drug offences from UNGASS to 2019
Organized by Harm Reduction International. Dr Rick Lines – HRI and co-chair Since HRI founded our DP for drug project in 2007 we’ve seen the issue take on more significance in fora like CND and the UNGASS, but also with NGOs working on drug policy and human rights. It has been an important entry point …
Side event – The world drug perception problem
Organized by the Governments of Portugal, Switzerland and Uruguay, and the Global Commission on Drug Policy. Pavel Bém,Commissioner, Global Commission on Drug Policy: The Global Commission on Drug Policy aims to bring to the international level science-based discussions. Humane ways and interventions to reduce the harmful consequences of the use of drugs, and of enforced drug policies …