East and South East Asia

Events

Legal reforms in Southeast Asia - Drugs and decriminalisation in Asia webinar series

Online

25 September 2024

This webinar aims to provide updates on recent legal reforms towards decriminalisation, and to discuss how they might support efforts towards harm reduction and human rights objectives.

Publications11 September 2024

The crisis of overcrowded prisons in Indonesia: Barriers to accessing alternatives to imprisonment

IDPC and LBHM critically assess the country's punitive drug policies and their impact on prison overcrowding, recommending increased health-oriented provision and legal reforms.

Publications11 September 2024

Drug laws in Thailand: the limits of reforms to relieve prison overcrowding

IDPC discusses alternative measures to incarceration implemented in Thailand from the perspectives of practitioners and people involved in the criminal legal system.

Events

International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Regional Meeting 2024

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

10 September 2024 - 12 September 2024

Under the theme 'Managing Addiction Through Integrated Intervention in The Challenging Era', this years regional meeting features interactive sessions on providing holistic and evidence-based care, hosted by The Universiti Malaya Centre for Addiction Science Studies in Kuala Lumpur.

Events

6th Asia Pacific Chemsex Symposium - APCS 2024

Bangkok, Thailand

6 November 2024 - 7 November 2024

APCS 2024 is hosted in Bangkok, this year the symposium will spotlight key populations, HIV/STI prevention, mental health, and harm reduction.

News12 August 2024

Thailand will draft bill to regulate cannabis, Minister says

Internal rifts in the coalition and external pressure seem to have unblocked talks for a regulatory route.

Publications9 July 2024

Synergistic effects of exposure to multiple types of violence on non-fatal drug overdose among women who inject drugs in Indonesia

Stoicescu et al. conclude the intersection of intimate partner violence and police sexual violence was associated with a nearly fourfold increase in non-fatal overdose.

Events

Philippine drug policy and law reform summit

Manila, the Philippines

10 July 2024

A summit to discuss the state of drug policy in the Philippines and how to better align it with health and human rights goals.

Publications25 June 2024

LGBTQI+ people who use drugs in Thailand: Advocacy for improved health and human rights responses

APCOM and IDPC urge the public, law enforcement, and policymakers in Thailand to help ensure equality and equity for LGBTQ+ people who use drugs, especially in their access to health and social services, and ending stigma and discrimination against them.

Events

RightsCon 2025: Taipei

Taipei and Online

24 February 2025 - 27 February 2025

RightsCon 2025 aims to build strategies and drive forward change toward a more free, open, and connected digital world.

News17 May 2024

Thailand: Control weed, don't kill it

Prime minister cautioned against rushed decisions on re-criminalisation of cannabis which may constrain people's access to its medical benefits

News13 May 2024

Philippines: Marcos says he will not hand Duterte to ICC over drug war

ICC prosecutors estimate the death toll of Duterte's 'war on drugs' at between 12,000 and 30,000.

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