Organized by the Governments of Colombia, Czechia, Portugal and Switzerland, and the Global Commission on Drug Policy. Ruth Dreifuss Chair of Global Commission on drug policy and former President of Switzerland Thank you for being here and showing interest in our work. We are just a group four citizens who feel that there is an …
Global Commission on Drug Policy
Side event: The global drug control system and the Sustainable Development Goals agenda
Organised by the Governments of Switzerland, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Guatemala and Uruguay, the United Nations Development Programme and the Global Commission on Drug Policy Louise Arbour, former commissioner for Human rights, Commissioner for the Global Commission on Drug Policy, chair of the event, opens the Side Event by reminding that the Substainable Developement Goals …
Side event – The human rights impacts of drug policy
Moderator – Andrea of PRI: introducing panel with Ruth Dreifuss (former President of Switzerland), Robert Husbands (author of book on drug policy), Monique Middlehoff (Gender Mobilization Unit, UNAIDS) and Marie Nougier of IDPC. We published a 10 point plan together with IDPC, please find it available here. Robert Husbands, OHCHR: I will focus on HR …
Panel Discussion on the World Drug Problem – 30th Regular Session – Human Rights Council
A summary of the panel, produced by the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, can be accessed here. A full recording is available at UN Web TV. Opening Statement Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Statement) Panel Moderator and the Panellists Ruth Dreifuss, former President of the Swiss Confederation and member of the Global Commission on Drug …
Side Event (HRC Panel): The right to health: addressing the drug control barriers hindering access to controlled medicines
Ruth Dreifuss (GCDP): HRC can organise adequate response to this problem. Policies building on repression have unintended consequences. Time has come to recognise that the problem cannot be solved without shift in priorities. Real aims are not to be reached without deep policy changes. In this report, the Commission is advocating for scientific evidence. Human …
Special Event, 26th June – Launch of World Drug Report 2015 in New York
The launch of the World Drug Report was also held in New York on June 26. Simone Monasabien, Director of UNODC’s New York Office, moderated, opened with introductory remarks focusing on Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson’s commitment to the drugs issue and his comments that we must take the opportunity of UNGASS to “consolidate our …