In Brussels, the Civil Society Forum on Drugs discusses the future of the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction and the drug coordination and funding system of the European Commission, weakened by political tensions on the EU's future.
Maria-Goretti stresses the need for unity within the civil society community in order to collaborate and provide support for drug users who need resources and policies that stress health and human rights.
In a gross violation of human rights, the Sri Lankan government plans to begin hanging drug dealers in an effort to emulate Rodrigo Duterte's violent war on drugs campaign in the Philippines.
The selected candidate will help us enhance IDPC’s visibility by helping our communications work, and providing some research and administrative support to our small team of advocates.
Inspired by Colombia, the new Mexican president Lopez Obrador proposes a “transitional justice” based on amnesty and decriminalisation to stop the drug war.
Studies suggest, for instance, that emergency medical services are significantly less likely to administer life-saving naloxone in the event of an overdose.
ICEERS will be speaking at Human Rights Council sessions on the importance of drug policy and human rights and how efforts can be made to provide protections for Indigenous groups and their cultural practices.
