L2 – Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development: effective implementation and the way forward (Dominican Republic, Germany, Peru, Philippines and Thailand) Chair: Good Morning! Chair: We have two resolutions still to be agreed this morning. I hope we can see good flexibility this morning as in the last …
Side event: Drug policy and human rights: Perspectives from Latin America
(Event in Spanish) Pablo Cymermarn, Intercambios A.C.: Llevamos organizando este evento hace muchos años. Desde que los eventos satélites han sido promovidos en la CND. Este evento está también apoyado por FIOCRUZ, INNPD, PBPD, REDUC, ACEID, IDPC, HRI, International Indigenous Drug Policy Alliance. Victoria Darraidu, CELS: Sobre el escenario argentino, es relevante mencionar la persistencia …
Side Event: Drugs and Criminal Justice: The Situation for Women in Prison
Marcela Jofre (HRI): The war on drugs has a disproportionate impact on women. The needs of women who use drugs are gravely under-addressed and they face higher barriers than men with a lack of tailored harm reduction services. Barriers include the intersecting forms of discrimination they face based on gender, race, class, stigmatisation, experiences of …
Side event: Unveiling injustice: Exploring the human rights impact of drug policies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia region
Organised by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights with the support of Amnesty International, the Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, Harm Reduction International and the International Drug Policy Consortium Magdalena Dąbkowska, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. I have the pleasure to moderate this event. …
Committee of the Whole (Thursday Afternoon Session)
Resolution L.4. Chair: We had a successful morning and hopefully we will be able to continue in this way. I would like to open this afternoon with our resolution L4 of Belgium. The title is being negotiated in informals but I will give the floor to Belgium to inform us of developments Belgium: Thank you …
Side event: Moving towards drug policy that improves well-being and aligns with Indigenous knowledge and practice
Organized by New Zealand Drug Foundation with the support of Australia, Canada, OHCHR, IDPC, Harm Reduction International, Open Society Foundations, the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council, the International Indigenous Drug Policy Alliance, Te Rau Ora and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation of Canada Speakers: Gilbert Taurua, Moderator, Aotearoa (New Zealand) Tracey Potiki, Aotearoa (New Zealand) Dr …