Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC): Good afternoon to everybody. Thank you very much for coming today for this informal dialogue. We would also like to thank our panel from OHCHR, UNDP and UNAIDS for being here together today and for continuing this tradition of informal dialogues with civil society. On behalf of the Vienna …
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From Data to National and Regional Journeys: Renewing Commitment to End the Death Penalty for Drug Offences
Side event organised by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Czechia, Costa Rica, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Switzerland, European Union, Pompidou Group (CoE), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Justice Project Pakistan at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to discuss progress and challenges in …
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 …
Human Rights Dimensions of Harm Reduction
This side event at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs examined how to centre human rights in harm reduction; from meaningful participation and legal reform to sustainable, rights-based responses in a changing political and funding context. Panelists: Catherine Cook, Acting Executive Director, Harm Reduction International Ahmed Said, Regional Coordinator, African Network of People who Use Drugs …
Side event: A decade of drug policy and human rights: Gaps, achievements and paths forward
Swiss Ambassador for Global health. It is a pleasure for me to be here with you and welcome you to this side event organised by Switzerland and cosponsored by a number of Member States and other stakeholders. We continue to promote human rights and a public health centred approach to drug policy. This event comes …
Side event: Reintegration of persons released from detention or subjected to non-custodial measures
Mr. Simon Walker, OHCHR. Good morning! I am Simon Walker, Chief of the Rule of Law and Democracy Section of the Office of the United High Commissioner for Human Rights. OHCHR is pleased to organise this special event in collaboration with Costa Rica, Colombia, South Africa and Switzerland, the Global Campus of Human Rights, the Penal …