10 June 2016UN pledges to end Aids epidemic but plan barely mentions those most at riskThe summit has been criticised for excluding gay and transgender organisations in the adopted resolution.
8 June 2016The road after the UNGASS fracas: Are things falling apart for Africa?A large number of African countries were absent and unaware of the discussions being held during UNGASS preparations.
8 June 2016“AIDS epidemic still being driven by human rights violations”The UN Special Rapporteurs on the right health urged all Governments to remove punitive laws that block key populations’ access to health services.
7 June 2016Missed opportunity or a foundation for the future of drug reform? Measuring success at UNGASS 2016The challenge is for the UNGASS to be a springboard for action rather than obstacle to implementing evidence and rights-based drug policies.
7 June 2016Is the ‘war on drugs’ destroying women’s lives? This video produced by openDemocracy and CELS presents the problems related to the imprisonment of women for drug offences in Latin America.
7 June 2016Availability of take-home naloxone product approved by five European countriesPrenoxad Injection, the product that is used as take-home naloxone, has achieved regulatory approval in Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Finland and Estonia.
6 June 2016Solving Myanmar’s drug trade means involving militias in the peace processThe government wants to establish a dialogue with the militias involved in the production and trade of drugs in Myanmar.
6 June 2016The impact of drug policies on womenThere is an urgent need across the globe for gender-sensitive drug policy and programs for women who use drugs.
6 June 2016Why pointing a finger at countries with the death penalty for drugs is not enoughDespite opposition to the death penalty by more than 60 countries at the UNGASS, over 1,000 people are executed each year for drug offenses.
3 June 2016Africa: The road after the UNGASS fracas - are things falling apart for Africa?Right from the very onset, the UNGASS preparations in the region did not begin in a spirit of "consensus".
2 June 2016Putin closes Russia's drugs agency, casts aside longtime supporter IvanovThe decision to disband FSKN, along with the Federal Migration Service, was announced on March 30 as part of a broader reform, including the creation of a new National Guard.
2 June 2016Asia: we need to give the women incarcerated by the ‘war on drugs’ a voiceNischa Pieris argues that giving women in the region a voice is the only way to see the human face of repressive policies.
