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Side Event: Protecting civil society space at times of COVID-19: Lessons learned for advocacy

Organized by the Youth Organisations for Drug Action (YODA) with the support of Australia, Canada, Mexico and Switzerland, and the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, Frontline AIDS, and the International Drug Policy Consortium In March 2020, the World Health Organization characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic, prompting governments around the globe to declare a state of …

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Side event: New Challenges for Cybersecurity and Illicit Drug Trafficking and Consumption in the Era of Covid-19

Organized by the International Police Association, with the support of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization “Smart Solutions Integration Agency” Natalia Kulikova, Vice-president of the International Police Association Russian Section: The pandemic has touched all aspects of our lives, with adverse impacts of stability of economic systems everyone. Online communications have grown radically. Cybercrime opportunity. The number …

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Side Event: VNGOC Ad Hoc Working Group – NGOs from Asia Unite to Create a Consensus and a Call for Attention to the Challenges in Asia-Pacific Regarding Drug Matters

Organized by the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs with the support of the Associacao de Rehabilitacao Toxicodependentes de Macau, and the UNODC Civil Society Unit Penny Hill (Deputy Secretary, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs): Today’s side event has been coordinated by the VNGOC’s ‘Ad Hoc Working Group’ for the Asia-Pacific region. We are working to build a …

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Shifting the Needle: The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women

Organised by Penal Reform International, CELS, Dejusticia, International Drug Policy Consortium, Thailand Institute of Justice and Washington Office on Latin America Recording in English Recording in Spanish Penal Reform International (Moderator: Triona Lenihan, Policy and International Advocacy Manager): Welcome. Today’s event is being recorded, and there will be English-Spanish interpretation. We will also be sharing …

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Side event: Recent Developments in Cannabis Policy: Dangers and Misconceptions from the perspectives of Europe, Asia and the North America

Sedef Ercetin Gencosmanoglu, Moderator, Turkish Green Crescent Society: Welcome to this side event on cannabis policy, recent developments and misconceptions from Europe, Asia and North America, organised by the Turkish Green Crescent Society with the support of nations from Russia and Smart Approaches to Marijuana from the USA. My name is Sedef Ercetin Gencosmanoglu, and …

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