Human Rights

IHRA’s human rights programme aims to promote a human rights-based approach to international drug policy. We advocate for an international legal and policy environment that is conducive to the expansion of harm reduction policies and services and to the realisation of the human rights of people who use drugs and those affected by drug use, drug policies and the drug trade.

IHRA pursues this objective through an integrated programme of high quality legal and policy research and analysis, and international advocacy in collaboration with key civil society partners.

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Ten Ways Drug Policy Affects Human Rights (with Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Institute) (PDF, 300 KB)

Human Rights and Drug Policy – Six Introductory Briefings, 2010 (with Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Institute)

Programmes

• Public Health
  • Public health approaches to drug related harms
  • Promoting a public health approach
    • Compiling key harm reduction resources
    • Calling for increased international commitment to harm reduction
    • Networking for harm reduction
      • EUROHRN
      • Network of Networks
• Human Rights
  • Why Human Rights?
  • Human Rights-Based Approach
    • Death Penalty Project
    • Drugs and Human Rights at the United Nations
    • Human Rights Treaty Body Reporting
• Conferences and Events
  • Conference Archive
    • Alcohol Events (ICAHR)
    • Liverpool 2010
    • Bangkok 2009
    • Barcelona 2008
    • Warsaw 2007
    • Vancouver 2006
    • Belfast 2005
    • Melbourne 2004
    • Chiang Mai 2003
    • Ljubljana 2002
    • New Delhi 2001
    • St. Helier 2000