IDPC, HRI, and Youth RISE highlight how drug policies exacerbate poverty through exclusion from housing, social benefits, education, and employment, reinforcing stigma and discrimination.
Ahead of the UN CESCR's 77th Session, IDPC supports three bold submissions in Kenya and the UK, assessing their drug policies and human rights records, and demanding urgent reform.
WHRIN catalogues gender-responsive harm reduction services around the world, highlighting a stark disparity between need and availability driven by criminalisation and stigma.
Harm Reduction International map out availability of harm reduction services regionally and highlight key issues and populations that remain neglected, including indigenous, incarcerated and young people.
The webinars aim to enhance the knowledge and skills of community-based and community-led organisations, helping them apply good practice models, tools, and methods to scale up integrated screening, testing, treatment and care for communicable diseases across Europe.
EUDA's scoping literature review finds that during times of economic turmoil, use of cannabis among young people may increase, whilst problematic patterns of drug use may become more prevalent.
One hundred twenty NGOs from 49 countries voice support for improving social reintegration support systems for former offenders—a group facing disproportionate risk of overdose and drug-related harm.
Dianova International hosts an online event to discuss lived experiences and best practices for working with LGBTQ+ people who use drugs, promoting greater inclusion and access to services.
PRI offer guidance to support policy makers and practitioners in involving people with lived experience of the criminal justice system in reform efforts.
The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty calls for a shift away from punitive measures, recognising harm reduction as a framework to address specific vulnerabilities of people who use drugs.
IDPC joins sister organisations in calling for the decriminalisation of activities related to drug use and sex work, as well as the legal regulation of substances, to tackle marginalisation.
