Recent Publications

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UNGASS NEWS VERSION 6 UNGASS NEWS VERSION 6 - (2009)
The sixth of the IDPC�s regular "UNGASS News" updates, keeping the network up to speed with developments in the UN drug policy review process is now available, and includes a report on the latest round of negotiating meetings preparing for the High Level Segment of the 2009 Commission on Narcotic Drugs.  [+ more]
SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS WRITE TO CND SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS WRITE TO CND - (2008)
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the prevention of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and the Special Rapporteur on the right to health have produced guidelines for the political declaration and its annex that will be agreed at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs this March.  [+ more]
UNAIDS CALLS FOR UNODC TO EMBRACE HARM REDUCTION UNAIDS CALLS FOR UNODC TO EMBRACE HARM REDUCTION - (2009)
On the initiative of the UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation, the PCB adopted a decision requesting United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as one of the UNAIDS Cosponsors, to work towards an outcome of the UNGASS 2009 review of the World Drug Problem that accurately reflects the importance of decreasing HIV transmission and co-infection among people who use drugs.  [+ more]
BFDPP REPORT: DRUG MARKETS AND URBAN VIOLENCE: CAN TACKLING ONE REDUCE THE OTHER BFDPP REPORT: DRUG MARKETS AND URBAN VIOLENCE: CAN TACKLING ONE REDUCE THE OTHER - (2009)
This new report undertaken by The Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme is concerned with one of the most worrying aspects of the global trade in illicit drugs � the link to urban violence. This is a leading cause of death in many countries.  [+ more]
TNI REPORT: CROPS FOR ILLICIT USE AND ECOCIDE TNI REPORT: CROPS FOR ILLICIT USE AND ECOCIDE - (2008)
According to the Colombian government, cocaine consumers are unaware of the ecological disaster caused by production of the alkaloid. If they knew that cocaine is perpetrating ecocide in the country they would stop consuming it.  [+ more]

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Upcoming Events

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News HARM REDUCTION 2009 - (20 - 23 April 2009)
A draft programme is now available for the Harm Reduction 2009, the IHRA conference.    [+ more]
News JUSTICE HEALTH IN AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE - (6 - 7 April 2009)
The Justice Health in Australia Conference will be held in Melbourne, Australia, on 6-7 April 2009. The diversity of incarcerated populations, including adult prisons, youth detention centres and police watch houses give rise to special challenges in addressing the health needs among these incarcerated groups.   [+ more]
News REFORM 2009: THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY REFORM CONFERENCE - (11 - 14 Nov 2009)
Reform 2009: The International Drug Policy Reform Conference will be held in Albuquerque in the USA on 11th-14th November 2009.   [+ more]

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