The new UNAIDS strategy introduces important and ambitious goals to remove policies that fuel the criminalisation of key populations, including people who use drugs.
The DLA outlines initiatives to protect the health and safety of people in custodial settings in the context of the pandemic situation, as well as their limitations.
Informed by international case studies, the Scottish government highlights the role of criminalisation in exacerbating harm and undermining health responses, acknowledging the need for a sweeping policy overhaul.
The INCB's annual report reflects both progress and shortcomings in the Board's approach to drug control, further integrating human rights considerations whilst showing a degree of inflexibility in relation to national criminal justice reforms.
The EMCDDA describes the main effects of COVID-19-related restrictions on the drug using population and on the provision and demand for drug services, and their gradual adaptation to the changing situation in countries from the Western Balkan region.
