Monica Beg: As an ethical principle all people should have the right to be involved in the decisions that affect their life. Now is the time to walk the talk. Video Presentation – ‘If we do not End the War on Drugs, the War Will End Us’ (David Subeliani, ENPUD) – We, as people who …
Side Events
Side event: Criminalization and persecution vs. Health and development: The path forward
Organized by the International Drug Policy Consortium, Acción Técnica Social, Center of Studies for Law, Justice and Society, the Brazilian Drug Policy Platform, Fundación Friedrich Ebert en Colombia, Elementa, and Instituto RIA. Mariano Fusero (Remove term: RESET – Política de Drogas y Derechos Humanos): Since the end of the 90s to 2017 the prison population …
Special event: Drug policies in the Americas
Amb. Adam Namm, CICAD/OAS: (…) Roberto Moro, SEDRONAR: We welcome the report Secretary Namm just mentioned. We’re building policies based on evidence allowing us to make policy decisions adapted to our countries. Working beyond UNGASS, these guidelines should continue help us develop and build strategies. It’s a complex work if we take into account all recommendations, …
Side Event: Aligning data collection with UNGASS implementation & the Sustainable Development Goals: Recommendations for a review of the Annual Report Questionnaire.
Organized by the Governments of Canada, Mexico and Switzerland, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, and the Global Drug Policy Observatory of Swansea University Vera Strickler (Switzerland): To analyse key trends on the global drug market it is crucial to have reliable and empirical based indicators that are in line with …
Side event: Opioid crisis: Tramadol in West Africa and other regions
Organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Research and Trend Analysis Branch. Chairman: Justice Tetteh-Chief Laboratory and scientific section, UNODCT: This afternoon we are all gathered to discuss a very important topic that is of interest to many in this room Tramadol, which is a very useful medicine for pain management, however research …
Side Event: Civil society on member state delegations to the CND: Models for engagement, benefits, and lessons learned
Organised by the Governments of Canada, Mexico and New Zealand, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Centre of Drug Policy Evaluation, the New Zealand Drug Foundation, and the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition Zara Snapp, Instituto RIA I’ve been on the Mexican delegation foe the last 6-7 years, and wanted to share experiences. Some delegations, you …