United States: On the supply side, global production of cocaine, opium poppy and synthetic drugs continue to increase, requires strategic and targeted domestic control measures. In addition to paying attention to these founding documents, we must pay attention to new realities, including grave threat posed by use of synthetic drugs, where our public health emergency …
Civil Society Participation
Side event – Bringing human rights into the heart of drug control: Death penalty for drug offences from UNGASS to 2019
Organized by Harm Reduction International. Dr Rick Lines – HRI and co-chair Since HRI founded our DP for drug project in 2007 we’ve seen the issue take on more significance in fora like CND and the UNGASS, but also with NGOs working on drug policy and human rights. It has been an important entry point …
Informal NGO Dialogue with the CND Chair, Amb. Alicia Buenrostro Massieu
VNGOC Chair: Good morning and welcome. CND Chair: My pleasure. I love to meet with Civil Society – as a Mexican, I know how important it is for Civil Society to be present so we can keep doing our homework. As CND Chair, it’s also important to have you here. The role you play at …
Side event: Scenarios for innovation: Regulating the coca/cocaine market
Zara Snapp, Acción Técnica Social: For the past 52/54 years, Colombia has been involved in a conflict. Point 4 of the Peace Agreement to end that conflict, is about eradicating [300,000 hectares]. The Government claims it has done half of this. But this is also about integrating people in the formal economy. This will have very …
Side Event: Measuring Drug Policy Outcomes: Intersections with Human Rights and the SDGs
Side Event: Measuring drug policy outcomes: Intersections with human rights and the sustainable development goals Organised by the Government of Switzerland, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Global Drug Policy Observatory of Swansea University, Centro de Estudios Legales …
Side Event: The role of civil society in the implementation of the UNGASS 2016 outcome
Organized by the Vienna NGO Committee and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Civil Society Team. Esbjorn Hornberg, VNGOC We have organised this side event to report on what we have done with the UNGASS Outcome Document – because we are asked this question by member states. There will be a full report …