Health & harm reduction

Events

Geneva course on drug policy, public health, and diplomacy

Geneva, Switzerland / Online

27 January 2024 - 30 January 2024

A new course hosted online and in person at the University of Geneva will explore current events and evolving perspectives around international drug policy and controlled substances.

News2 October 2024

Canada: 17 organisations condemn forced detention plans in BC

A comprehensive response should include community-based and voluntary programmes, and solutions to the housing, toxic drug supply, and poverty crises.

Events

The future of drug policy: Health and well-being for all

Online

20 September 2024

The ImPACT Coalition organises a discussion on how responses to drug-related issues can help progress the Sustainable Development Goals.

Publications16 September 2024

Summary of the intersessional panel discussion on human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug problem - Report of the OHCHR

The OHCHR summarises discussions on the need for a rights- and evidence- based approach to drug policy, including decriminalisation, harm reduction, legal regulation and structural changes to the global drug control regime.

News2 September 2024

Hepatitis C online learning modules

INHSU launches free courses on epidemiology, assessment, treatment, and management of Hepatitis C.

Publications13 August 2024

IDPC Progress Report 2023-2024

IDPC reflects the network's collective efforts toward a world where responses to drug use, cultivation, production and supply are shaped by well-being, solidarity, evidence and compassion.

Publications13 August 2024

Communication to the UN CESCR regarding Honduras periodic review on the right to health of people who use drugs

IDPC and LANPUD focus on key health indicators, impact on criminalisation and stigma, and availability of harm reduction services in Honduras.

Events

Webinar: Safe festivals and healthy nightlife — sharing experiences among practitioners

Zoom

12 June 2024 - 12 June 2024

EMDD brings together professionals from European festivals to discuss innovative harm-reduction interventions to prevent risky behaviour and promote safe nightlife this summer.

Publications9 July 2024

Drug use stigma and reprisal: Barriers to prison needle exchange in Canada

De Shalit et al. conduct the first independent and national study of Canada's federal prison needle exchange program, determining that drug use stigma and anticipated or actual reprisal from correctional officers are preventing program uptake.

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

Drug policies and responses: a right to health framework on harm reduction - High-level side event

Vienna, Austria

27 June 2024

On the occasion of World Drug Day, the UN SR on the right to health will present her latest report's findings and recommendations.

News24 June 2024

From criminalisation to harm reduction, health and rights - IDPC statement at the interactive dialogue with the UNSR on the right to health

Stigma, discrimination, criminalisation and racism have had devastating impacts on the right to health of people who use drugs, in particular on people facing multiple and intersecting layers of vulnerability.

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