Health Minister Jane Philpott declined to support widespread decriminalisation, suggesting considerably more data would be required to further the policy.
Indonesia’s human rights groups are bringing the country’s controversial capital punishment into the global spotlight after demands to abolish it back home had fallen on deaf ears.
Trade with Europe would be affected if the Philippines continued to ignore warnings on human rights violations, the European Union’s envoy to Manila, Franz Jessen, has warned.
Chinese officials have called for an intensification of counter-narcotic efforts, after months of strengthening the country’s international drug control ties with neighbouring nations.
An interview with Péter Sárosi, executive director of the Rights Reporter Foundation, discussing funding for harm reduction in Hungary in the context of the country’s international commitments to harm reduction targets.
As HIV infection continues to rise, civil society can play a central role in ensuring access to harm reduction services such as needle and syringe programmes.
Following an ASEAN symposium which launched a new approach to strengthen voluntary community-based health services, community based drug treatment capacity in Cambodia has increased.
The number of people being arrested for drug trafficking has reached an unprecedented level in Nepal, suggesting the country may be becoming a regional drug transit hub.
