Side event at the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs Wednesday 11 March, 8:00-9:00am ET / 1:00-2:00pm CET / 8:00-9:00pm PHT In-person: Room M0E79, Vienna International Centre Drugs are an issue which – like migration, social liberalization and economic tensions – has the capacity to shatter democratic and human rights norms. …
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
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 …
Side event: Amazon at risk: Environmental justice and the urgency of drug policy reform
Organised by Health Poverty Action with the support of Brazil, the Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, the International Coalition Drug Policy Reform and Environmental Justice, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Washington Office for Latin America, the Transnational Institute, SOS Amazonia and Viso Mutop Clemmie James, Health …
Side event: “The war on drugs”, militarisation and states of emergency: Measures to address these critical human rights challenges
Side event organised by the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales with the support of Colombia, Czechia, Paraguay, Switzerland, Uruguay, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Centro de Estudios de Derecho Justicia y Seguridad, Elementa Derechos Humanos, the …
Side Event: From synthetic drug threats to synthetic drug realities: Examining the role of global drug policies and charting a way forward
FROM SYNTHETIC DRUG THREATS TO SYNTHETIC DRUG REALITIES: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF GLOBAL DRUG POLICIES AND CHARTING A WAY FORWARD Organized by the Washington Office on Latin America with the support of the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, the Drug Policy Alliance, …
Side Event: Aligning Drug Policy with Environmental Protection
Organized by the Transnational Institute with the support of Brazil, Colombia, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, Health Poverty Action, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Open Society Foundation, Viso Mutop and the Washington Office on Latin America Clemmie James, Health Poverty Action: Today, we will explore how punitive drug policies have accelerated environmental degradation …