Roughly 26 million people around the world who are suffering from severe pain do not have access to painkillers, therefore the 'pain gap' between rich and poor countries must be alleviated.
Civil society looks to the Council for leadership in encouraging and welcoming initiatives from within the UN human rights system to ensure drug policy affirms, rather than undermine, human rights.
The Deputy High Commissioner urges that instead of the war on drugs, states should adopt drug policies anchored in evidence, human rights approaches and public health and vows to stand ready to support states, civil society and other stakeholders in this endeavour.
IDPC joins EuroNPUD and dozens of supporters in repudiating recent comments by the EU Home Affairs Commissioner regarding people who use drugs, which do not reflect the growing international consensus on these matters but also stand in tension with the EU's Drug Strategy.
The appointed person will lead and coordinate the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) tools and activities in this project, including capacity building, collation and analysis of data from project outputs, quarterly reporting against indicators and targets, and support delivery of consultancies to conduct the baseline, midline and endline evaluations.
