The invasion risks entrenching and accentuating government repression against organisations perceived to spouse values deemed as 'Western' by the regime, including those working in harm reduction and HIV prevention.
Through this call, the Support. Don’t Punish campaign aims to identify and support local partners (up to 7) with funding of between USD 4,000 - 5,000 for strategic, creative and collaborative projects to be carried out from June to December 2022, and launched on the occasion of the 2022 Support. Don’t Punish Global Day of Action (26 June).
IDPC & Amnesty International urge the Special Rapporteur on Cambodia and the Human Rights Council to urge the Cambodian government to significantly reduce arbitrary detention and incarceration, including through reviewing and amending punitive drug policies.
Ensuring access to health services for people who use drugs necessitates undoing punitive drug laws and state-sanctioned stigmatising discourses and practices.
The spiralling loss of life resulting from overdose deaths in North America must prompt an urgent reorientation of drug policy and public resources to strengthen health and harm reduction responses.
The civil society coalition stresses that drug-related challenges are social in nature, requiring harm reduction approaches rather than criminalisation.
