Mr Carl Hallergard, EU Ambassador to the International Organisations in Vienna. Welcome to this side event. Today, we wanted to present to you the pledges for action we all made last year. The EUDA has said it: drugs are everywhere, there’s everything, and it affects everyone. Gangs are recruiting young people in their business. The …
Side Events
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 …
Side event: “The war on drugs”, militarisation and states of emergency: Measures to address these critical human rights challenges
Side event organised by the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales with the support of Colombia, Czechia, Paraguay, Switzerland, Uruguay, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Centro de Estudios de Derecho Justicia y Seguridad, Elementa Derechos Humanos, the …
Side Event: Navigating tensions and contradictions: addressing human rights challenges related to the lack of, and the unequal access to, treatment and harm reduction.
Organized by the International Network of People who Use Drugs with the support of Czechia, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Portugal, Switzerland, Uruguay, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the United Nations Development Programme, the African Network of …
Side event: Paving the way for the future: Uncovering and addressing blind spots in United Nations drug policy
Organised by the IDPC Consortium with the support of Canada, Colombia, Czechia, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the United Nations Development Programme Ann Fordham, Executive Director, International Drug Policy Consortium: Welcome to this side event:Paving the way for …
Side event: The right to a healthy environment and drug policy

Organised by the Corporacion Centro de Estudios de Derecho Justicia y Sociedad with the support of Colombia, Czechia, Germany, Paraguay, Switzerland, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights, the Centro de Estudios de Seguridad y Drogas, Elementa DDHH, the …