Organized by Law Enforcement Action Partnership UK and Law Enforcement Action Partnership US James Nicholls, Transform Drug Policy Foundation Police Diversion Schemes in the UK Context: 43 forces; 7 with existing diversion schemes. 135,000 simple possession arrests in the UK in 2019. Reduced police resources. Increased incidences of more serious violent crime (including drug-related). Introduction …
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Side Event: Police statement of support for drug policy reform
Organized by the Law Enforcement Action Partnership and the Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health. Ron Hogg – Police, Crime and Victims Commissioner, Durham, England Prohibition simply does not work. Harm caused by illicit drugs has increased, violence associated with drugs market increased. UK government researched approach to drugs – found no correlation between …
Informal dialogue with UNODC Executive Director, Yury Fedotov
Yury Fedotov, UNODC. I welcome the work of the VNGOC and the CSTF. You have done useful preparations for the UNGASS. This dialogue is a useful tradition. The voice of NGOs is important. Active participation of NGOs, CSO representatives for an inclusive UNGASS preparatory process is important. 35 side events are organised by NGOs and …
Overdose deaths – An easy solution to prevent so many deaths
Event organised by the International Doctors for Healthier Drug Policies and the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network Elizabeth Saenz, UNODC. In the USA there is an increasing concern about deaths by overdose. Although men are still dying from overdoses, there is a sharp increase in women dying from overdose in recent years. Overdose deaths are …
Meeting of the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs
1. Adoption of the draft agenda Elisa Rubini, Vicechair of the VNGOC The first point of the agenda is the adoption of the draft agenda. Any feedback? Scott Bernstein, OSF I move to adopt the agenda. Elisa Rubini The agenda is adopted. 2. Approval of the minutes of the last meeting Elisa Rubini Do the …
A better tomorrow for the world’s youth? Evidence to take children’s rights, welfare and well-being forward
Organized by UNICEF and Open Society Foundations. Damon Barrett I’ve been working on drug control and the rights of the child for 8 year, with a particular focus on the UN convention concerning the latter. The convention on the rights of the child comes up a lot in discussions, but I don’t think it’s done …