South East Europe

News11 December 2025

Dance for freedom: Rave revolution in front of the Hungarian Parliament

Thousands gathered to protest Hungary's escalating police harassment of musicians, clubs and young people.

News10 December 2025

New EU Drug Strategy risks undermining health, harm reduction and human rights - Joint letter by 84 civil society organisations

We join 83 organisations urging EU Member States to revise the proposed Drug Strategy and reject a trafficking-only Action Plan, to ensure harm reduction, health and human rights remain central to EU drug policy.

Blog7 December 2025

Why Member States must rebalance the EU Drug Strategy – before it’s too late

The European Commission's new Drug Strategy promotes a worrying security-driven 'drug threat' narrative that fails to prioritise health and human rights over punishment.

Publications23 November 2025

EU Strategy for Civil Society

The EU’s new Civil Society Strategy delivers a boost to frontline organisations and underlines the commitment to protecting civil society space, fostering official mechanisms of engagement with EU institutions, and supporting funding.

Events

Policy webinar: advancing universal health coverage for people who use drugs

10 October 2025 - 10 October 2025

On World Mental Health Day, discover how we can make Universal Health Coverage truly inclusive and equitable for people who use drugs.

Events

Scaling up naloxone access in Europe: overcoming challenges

Online

5 November 2025

This webinar highlights progress, persistent barriers, and advocacy efforts to expand this harm reduction intervention's life-saving availability.

Publications14 October 2025

Harm reduction in Europe: Histories, choices and hopes - Collection commemorating 20 years of C-EHRN

This collection examines Europe’s harm reduction journey, including early successes, uneven implementation, securitisation, stigma and medicalisation; and proposes a reframed, people-led approach centring wellbeing, acknowledging drug-use benefits, and advancing rights-based reforms.

Publications6 October 2025

Safeguarding rights in EU drug policy - Contribution to the European Commission's call for evidence on the EU drugs strategy and action plan against drug trafficking

IDPC calls on the European Commission to ensure the next Strategy is balanced, evidence-based, and rights-centred, prioritising harm reduction, civil society participation, and policy innovation over punitive approaches.

Publications28 September 2025

Advancing universal health coverage for people who use drugs

EHRA, alongside C-EHRN, EuroNPUD and DPNSEE, state that the exclusion, fragmentation, and underfunding of harm reduction and essential health services within Universal Health Coverage systems cause people who use drugs to experience disproportionately poor health outcomes across Europe.

Publications10 September 2025

30 recommendations from civil society for an EU Drugs Strategy that is effective, inclusive and grounded in reality

The CSFD calls for an EU Drugs Strategy that puts health, human rights and equity at its core — moving from political statements to real action, with civil society as a full partner.

News1 September 2025

Ukrainian Government adopts National Drug Policy Strategy until 2030 and approves its implementation plan

Ukraine has approved a new National Drug Policy strategy, which aims to improve access to controlled medicines, expand harm reduction programmes, and provide support to marginalized populations.

News8 August 2025

C-EHRN statement on the elimination of EU4Health operating grants for civil society organisations

C-EHRN urges the European Commission to reconsider its decision to eliminate EU4Health operating grants, warning that it endangers vital public health and human rights protections.

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