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 …
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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 …
The Next Generation of Care: Youth-Centered Innovations to Renew and Strengthen Health Systems
The 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), held in March 2026 in Vienna, took place nearly ten years after the 2016 UNGASS on drugs, which carried the slogan “A better tomorrow for today’s youth.” This side event by Youth RISE and the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) brought this commitment under …
Side event – Addressing gender inequalities & compounding vulnerabilities in drug policy
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Side event: Ending overreliance on punishment: Decriminalisation and prison decongestion as key goals of drug policy reform
Organized by the POS Foundation with the support of Czechia, Ghana, Paraguay, Switzerland, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the …
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with OHCHR, UNAIDS & UNDP
Augusto, VNGOC. Thank you very much for being here today in the room and online. We have 18 questions so let’s start the process now. For ALL: Eurasian harm reduction association / Eurazijos žalos mažinimo asociacija. My question is about planned coordinated actions to get governmental commitments to decriminalize drug use and possession for personal …