Organized by the Association Proyecto Hombre with the support of Portugal, and Spain, and the Council of Europe, the European Union and the European Union Civil Society Forum on Drugs. Oriol Esculies, International Commissioner of Association Proyecto Hombre: Welcome, everybody. Thanks for joining this virtual side event at the 64th session of the Commission on …
Civil Society Participation
Side event: New trends in the illicit drug markets in Africa
Organized by the Institute for Security Studies Jason Eligh, Senior Expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime: Good morning everyone, it’s my pleasure to be part of this side event here at this year’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. And it’s my pleasure also to have the opportunity to present to you and discuss with you …
Side Event: Inequities Laid Bare: Responding to Challenges of COVID-19 and Beyond
Organized by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction with the support of Canada, and the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, the Community Addictions Peer Support Association (CAPSA), the HIV Legal Network and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation How has the COVID-19 pandemic worsened existing inequities and negatively affected priority …
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: 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 …
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 …