Organized by The Médecins du Monde (International) Judy Chang – International Network of People who Use Drugs, Christos Kouimtsidis- National Coordinator for Addressing Drugs in Greece, Andrew Scheibe – UNODC Consultant, Dr. Richard Healey, PhD, Christos Anastasiou – EuroNPUD, Alison Crocket – Head, Whole Systems Unit, Drug Policy Division, Scottish Government, Duncan Hill – …
Side event: Human rights and drugs: what have we learned and where are we heading?
Organised by Czechia with the support of Colombia, Ghana, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Drug Policy Consortium Katerina Horackova, Czechia. Thank you all for being here and thanks to all our cosponsors. I want to show …
Side event: Licit uses of coca crops in Colombia
Organised by the Stichting International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service with the support of Colombia and the Open Society Foundations. The reflections start from the fact that Colombia has more than 200,000 ha. of coca. Eradication actions have reached their limit. That’s why this event tries to think of new ideas on how …
Side event: Drug checking for monitoring, prevention and harm reduction
Organised by the Netherlands with the support of Canada, Czechia, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, the United States, the European Union, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, the New Zealand Drug Foundation and Safer Drug Policies Norway Moderator: Victor Sannes. Let me thank the cosponsors of our side event. Mr. Daan van der Gouwe, drugs researcher …
Side event: Drugs and criminal justice. The situation in Latin America and Spain
Organized by the Unión Española de Asociaciones y Entidades de Atención al Drogodependiente (UNAD) with the Support of Spain, the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (CICAD/OAS), Red Iberoamericana de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales que Trabajan en Drogodependencias (RIOD), Dejusticia, the Asociación Costarricense para el Estudio de …
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with UNODC Executive Director
Ghada Waly, Executive Director, UNODC: I am very delighted to take part in this annual dialogue. It’s always a highlight to meet with civil society and meet with you. We do treasure this partnership with civil society. For 40 years, this committee has ensured that the diversity of voices has contributed to the global debate …