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Quitting while not ahead: The Global Fund’s retrenchment and the looming crisis for harm reduction in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
10 May 2012
The Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) has recently released a new report entilted 'Quitting while not ahead: The Global Fund's retrenchment and the looming crisis for harm reduction in Eastern… Read more
HIV, drug use and the Global Fund: Don’t Stop Now!
08 May 2012
HIV epidemics driven by drug use set to spread due to Global Fund rule warns NGO The International HIV/AIDS Alliance warns of an impending HIV/AIDS crisis in Eastern Europe and Asia following its… Read more
Call for Nominations for Directors of Harm Reduction International
02 May 2012
Nominations are currently being invited for people to serve as Directors (who are also Trustees) of Harm Reduction International, and to sit on the Board of Directors . Directors and Trustees… Read more
Commanding General Confidence? Human Rights, International Law and the INCB Annual Report for 2011
05 April 2012
This briefing was distributed at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 2012. It presents a strong critique of the legal reasoning and the academic rigour of its Annual Report. Read more
Harm Reduction International welcomes Susie Mclean to the Board of Directors
30 March 2012
Harm Reduction International is delighted to welcome on to the Board Susie Mclean. Susie is currently the lead on HIV and drug use programming at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, an… Read more
Harm Reduction International releases new ‘Advocating for Needle and Syringe Exchange Programmes in Prisons’ briefing
29 March 2012
Harm Reduction International is pleased to present the first of a new series of Evidence and Advocacy briefings entitled ‘Advocating for Needle and Syringe Exchange Programmes in Prisons’. This new… Read more
ACCESS conference "Drug users in custody: Learning the lessons" 5-6 October 2012
28 March 2012
Up to half of the European prison population is composed of people sentenced for drug law offences and levels of drug use within prison vary from 1 % to 51 % of inmates, says the latest EMCDDA… Read more
Letter to the International Narcotics Control Board on Capital Punishment for Drug Offences
15 March 2012
Dear Sir/Madam: We are writing to bring to your attention some deeply concerning comments by a member of the International Narcotics Control Board that were reported in The Bangkok Post on 29… Read more
Media Release: 'Inaugural study reveals that more than one in four women in European and Central Asian prisons locked up for drug offences'
11 March 2012
Embargoed 00.01 CET Monday 12th March 2012 Up to 70 percent of female prisoners incarcerated for drugs in some countries Russia incarcerates over twice as many women for drug offences as all… Read more
Say No to death for drugs - Hindu Times
24 February 2012
An op-ed by Anand Grover and Rick Lines: Handing down capital punishment for an offence that does not take life is draconian and violates all international human rights standards. When… Read more
