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18 May 2011

Avaaz launches global drug policy campaign

Avaaz has launched a major campaign on drug policy. The campaign aims to gather 1 million signatures calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to set out a new direction for national and international policies on controlled drugs. The petition will be presented to the UN in New York on 2 June, to coincide with the publication of the report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy. The campaign's core messages are: The war on drugs has failed Alternative approaches are feasible It is high time to break the taboo and pursue a new direction Read the Avaaz statement and support the campaign!
28 April 2011

INCB announces results of elections

On Wednesday 27th April, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held elections in New York for the International Narcotics Control Board for a five-year term (2012-2017). The two candidates elected from among the World Health Organisation candidates are Professor Hamid Ghodse and Wayne Hall.
27 April 2011

HCLU video on prison uprising in Roumieh, Lebanon

In April, the HCLU video team travelled to Beirut and participated in the International Harm Reduction Conference 2011. During the conference an uprising broke out in the Roumieh prison, where thousands of prisoners rioted against the inhumane conditions.
27 April 2011

NGOs report back from the 54th Session of the CND

The 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) took place from 21st to 25th March 2011. A number of organisations that participated to the meeting share their impressions of the event in reports, blogs and videos.
27 April 2011

Conference abstract writing e-course

Authored by the editors of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, this e-course is designed to support the preparation, writing and submission of abstracts to scientific conferences. The course provides examples and short exercises for interactive learning, as well as key take-home messages and a summary overview in form of a self-use checklist.
27 April 2011

Sign 'HIV and injecting drug use: A global call for action'

This declaration aims to hold the United Nations accountable to their commitments on HIV/AIDS for people who inject drugs worldwide. It does this by providing a clear platform for mobilising a broad constituency of civil society organisations and governments in support of evidence-based harm reduction interventions and drug policy reform as outlined in the Vienna Declaration. Ultimately, efforts around the declaration aim to raise the profile of these issues within the proceedings and outputs of the United Nations HLM on HIV/AIDS in New York.
27 April 2011

Middle East and North Africa ready to scale up harm reduction services in its response to AIDS

Injecting drug use and the growing HIV epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa were the focus of the International Harm Reduction Conference 2011 that took place in Beirut, Lebanon from 3-7 April 2011. The region is slowly increasing availability of harm reduction programmes although countries are at different stages of introducing the different components of the harm reduction package. Despite positive changes occurring in some countries, repressive measures and criminalization of drug users are still predominant in the region. To try reverse this situation, the Global Fund has granted $US 8.3 million to a multi-country project. Its aim is to raise awareness, advocate and build capacity of civil society organizations to scale up the provision of harm reduction services in 12 countries over the next three years.
21 April 2011

French National AIDS Council calls for drug law reforms

The CNS reports that harm reduction policies have managed to vastly reduce HIV infections among people who use drug in France, yet several serious problems remain, including a high prevalence of hepatitis and serious social and sanitary problems among many people who use drugs.
21 April 2011

Russian policy of breaching international agreements continues, as UN Secretary General arrives in Moscow

More than forty major civil society organizations working in the field of HIV and drugs in Russia and internationally, have sent an open letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations calling to advocate for human rights oriented and scientifically based drug treatment and HIV prevention in Russia. Ban Ki-Moon is arriving to Moscow on April 21, 2011 and has scheduled several meetings with high level Russian officials, including the President Dmitry Medvedev.