Organized by the Center for Legal and Social Studies, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Washington Office on Latin America, Women and Harm Reduction International Network, Masyarakat Community Legal Aid Institute, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association and the NoBox Transitions Foundation. Ivana Radacic, OHCHR (Chair): Thank you for inviting me as the Chair of the …
Side Events
Side event: Decriminalising drug use and possession: A cross-national perspective on lessons learned and best practices
Organized by the Government of Czechia, the Drug Policy Alliance, Release, and the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy. Niamh Eastwood (Release) (UK): The UN estimates that 83% of prosecutions is for personal use. punitive drug policies are ineffective. Home office report concluded that tough sanctions are not a deterrent but in fact …
Side event: Integrated methadone programme with take away doses for people with opioid use disorders in Tanzania
Organized by the government of the United Republic of Tanzania, the European Union, and Fundacion Internacional y para Iberoamerica de Administration y Politicas Publicas (FIIAPP) Col M.M. Abdallah, Chairman, NDLEA, Nigeria chaired. Welcomes empirical studies, has seen impact when visiting Tanzania, good example of EU and African country cooperation. Tom Carter, lead of Heroin Route …
Side event: Handling dangerous opioids: Keeping our officers safe!
Organized by the Governments of Estonia and Finland, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Laboratory and Scientific Section. Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director, Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, UNODC: Frontline officers are often exposed to potent substances, such as fentanyl. Important to protect them. H.E. Toomas Kukk, Permanent Mission of Estonia, Vienna: …
Special Event Blog: Leaving No-One Behind: People at the centre of a harm reduction, human rights and public health approach to drug use
Organised by the Governments of the Netherlands and Norway, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Development Programme, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, the International Drug Policy Consortium, AFEW International, Harm Reduction International, the International Network of People who Use Drugs, Open Society Foundation, Aidsfonds, and Frontline AIDS. HE Marco Hennis, …
Side event: The death penalty for drug-related offences: The impact on women and vulnerable groups
Organized by the Governments of Austria, Canada, France, Mexico, New Zealand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Union, Amnesty International and Harm Reduction International. Naomi Burke-Shyne, Executive Director, Harm Reduction International: Drug offences do not constitute the most serious crimes. Use of the death penalty for drug offences is …