HR2 Reports- International Harm Reduction Association

HR2 is IHRA’s programme of research and advocacy on harm reduction and human rights. The project’s mandate is to monitor the policies and practices of multi-lateral organisations and assess their compliance with international harm reduction best practice and international human rights law. The HR2 project team have published a number of reports – including a major report entitled ‘Global State of Harm Reduction 2008: Mapping the response to drug-related HIV and hepatitis C epidemics’. These reports can be accessed through the links below and on the left of your screen.

From Evidence to Action: Reflections on the Global Politics of Harm Reduction and HIV

(Released September 2009)

Civil Society: The Silenced Partners? Civil Society Engagement with the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

(Released March 2009)

Harm Reduction Policy and Practice Worldwide: An overview of national support for harm reduction in policy and practice

(Released February 2009)

International Support for Harm Reduction: An Overview of Multi-Lateral Endorsement of Harm Reduction Policy and Practice

(Released January 2009)

Harm Reduction and Human Rights: The Global Response to Drug-Related HIV Epidemics

(Released January 2009)

IHRA Submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

(Released November 2008)

Human Rights, Health and Harm Reduction: States’ Amnesia and Parallel Universes’ (the UN Special Rapporteur’s speech from Harm Reduction 2008)

(Released August 2008)

Global State of Harm Reduction 2008: Mapping the Response to Drug-Related HIV and Hepatitis C Epidemics

(Released May 2008)

Recalibrating the Regime: The Need for a Human Rights-Based Approach to International Drug Policy

(Released March 2008)

Unique in International Relations?: A Comparison of the International Narcotics Control Board and the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

(Released February 2008)

The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: A Violation of International Human Rights Law

(Released December 2007)

Briefing to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the Fifth Report of Sweden on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

(Released October 2007)

Click here to view the HR2 Blog – www.ihrablog.net