Multiyear Workplan 2019-2023: Implementation of all our international drug policy commitments, following up to the 2019 ministerial declaration “Strengthening Our Actions at the National, Regional and International Levels to Accelerate the Implementation of our Joint Commitments to Address and Counter the World Drug Problem” Chair: Good Morning (reminder of guidelines) UNODC Research and Analysis Branch, …
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Side Event: Young Women Who Use Drugs – Breaking the Silence
Organized by the Youth RISE (Resource, Information, Support, Education) Limited with the support of the Women and Harm Reduction International Network This side event is inspired by the ‘Young Women and Drug Use’ position paper by YouthRISE and WHRIN: https://youthrise.org/resources/young-women-and-drug-use-position-paper/ Six young women who use drugs (YWWUD) from around the world discuss the shared and …
Plenary Item 7. Inter-agency cooperation and coordination of efforts in addressing and countering the world drug problem
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, United Nations Human Rights Council: It is my honor to address the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to present the study on arbitrary detention relating to drug policies prepared by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at the request of the Human Rights Council and presented to the …
Side Event: The impacts of COVID19 on young people’s drug use

Organized by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy with the support of Youth RISE Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been experiencing an unprecedented public health emergency, which has led to a dramatic shift in how young people live. The pandemic bore major consequences on how young people are experiencing their everyday and …
Side Event: Young People Use Drugs – Bridging the gap between Human Rights and Young Key Populations
Alex Betsos (CSSDP): Welcome. We will structure our event today around the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy. There is still language missing about youth in terms of autonomy, it is very much children focused. Our panelists will talk about what builds on that point, how we work to bridge the gap between …
Side Event: Global youth perspectives on shifting drug policies
Organised by Students for Sensible Drug Policy International, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, SSDP Australia, Youth Organisations for Drug Action, YouthRise Ailish Brennan, YouthRISE/SSDP, Ireland Thank you all for coming to our side event today, it is fantastic to see such a varied group of people from a number of different delegations and organizations from …