This two-day event aimed to train NGO representatives and health professionals on issues related to drug treatment, and advocate for better drug treatment services.
In mid-July, Cambodia’s Prime Minister approved a controversial new drug law that opens the door to rampant human rights violations. The legislation will force drug users into involuntary treatment for up to two years in facilities where previous detainees have reported being victims of beatings, forced labor, and rape.
On the 21st of July, the International Community of People Who Use Drugs will lead a Day of Commemoration for the victims of the War on Drugs at Russian Embassies in a sign of support for individuals living in that country.
The Global Drug Policy Program of the Open Society Foundations is accepting applications for the position of Senior Program Officer. The position will be involved with grant-giving and management, and will be based in Budapest or London.
This new blog aims to collect and document major issues in overdose worldwide, to encourage overdose prevention initiatives and promote good practice from a harm reduction perspective, disseminate new research findings, and correct misinformation.
The petition calls on the Obama administration to take three concrete actions that would help reduce the violence in Mexico and also make communities in the United States safer. Help us reach 10,000 signatures!
Just when you start to see glimmers of hope that the troubled UN drug control system is opening up for a change process, its principal guardian, the INCB, does it again… In a press release on 5 July, the INCB secretariat condemned Bolivia’s decision to denounce the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and re-accede with a reservation on the coca leaf.
Health experts in Portugal conclude that Portugal's decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat dependent users rather than punishing them is an experiment that has worked.
In this article, the Transnational Institute (TNI) examines how a grey area of the law in Spain has led to the development of an economic and social model for drug consumption that might offer a more economically and socially just alternative to market legalisation.
Two years after the Declaration of Latin Judges in Oporto, judges from Italy, Brazil and Argentina insist that the “global war on drugs” has been a failure in view of the very serious consequences it has entailed for individuals and society worldwide.
On 12 July 2011, Mexico’s Supreme Court issued a historic ruling establishing that members of the military accused of human rights violations should be tried in civilian courts
The UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation is recruiting for 1 Africa Delegate, 1 Asia and Pacific Delegate and 1 Latin America and Caribbean Delegate. This is a unique opportunity for committed activists and advocates to make a difference to the HIV and AIDS policy implementation in their regions.
