Reports
Complicity or Abolition? The Death Penalty and International Support for Drug Enforcement
Released in June 2010 - Complicity or Abolition? The Death Penalty and International Support for Drug Enforcement - exposes the links between the carrying out of executions and the financial… Read more
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2010
The International Harm Reduction Association released a study on the death penalty for drug offences today on the opening day of the 19th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and… Read more
The Global State of Harm Reduction 2010
Published in April 2010 – The Global State of Harm Reduction 2010: Key Issues for Broadening the Response – is the second major report in the series. It provides a region-by-region update of key… Read more
Through a Harm Reduction Lens
The importance of civil society involvement in international policy-making and decision-making processes is widely recognised and promoted as best practice. Civil society organisations have… Read more
Three cents a day is not enough
3 Cents Report 2010 IHRA's new '3 cents' report shows the small amount of money being invested in harm reduction. It is estimated that in 2007 approximately $160 million was invested in harm… Read more
From Evidence to Action
Among the many notable events happening in and around Harm Reduction 2009: IHRA’s 20th International Conference in Bangkok were the highly publicised keynote speeches by Professor Michel… Read more
Civil Society: The Silenced Partners?
In March 2009 – at the 52nd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna – IHRA launched a short paper examining civil society engagement with the Commission (the main UN body… Read more
Book of Authorities: Building Consensus
In the ten years since the last UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs, the only measure that has repeatedly proven effective and has delivered what it set out to deliver is harm reduction.… Read more
Harm Reduction and Human Rights: The Global Response to Drug-Related HIV Epidemics
In January 2009, IHRA’s HR2 programme released a report entitled ‘Harm Reduction and Human Rights: The Global Response to Drug-Related HIV Epidemics’. This report provides a concise overview of… Read more
Submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
In November 2008, IHRA’s HR2 programme authored a submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The submission – entitled ‘Harm Reduction and Human Rights: The Global… Read more
Human Rights, Health and Harm Reduction: States’ Amnesia and Parallel Universes
In August 2008, IHRA released a new report entitled ‘Human Rights, Health and Harm Reduction: States’ Amnesia and Parallel Universes’ – which is the transcript of a keynote speech delivered by… Read more
The Global State of Harm Reduction 2008
Published in May 2008, this major report – The Global State of Harm Reduction 2008: Mapping the Response to Drug-Related HIV and Hepatitis C Epidemics – provides a region-by-region assessment of… Read more
Recalibrating the Regime
In March 2008, the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme released a new report – entitled Recalibrating the Regime: The Need for a Human Rights-Based Approach to International Drug Policy –… Read more
Unique in International Relations?
In February 2008, IHRA’s HR2 (harm reduction and human rights) team launched a new report – entitled Unique in International Relations?: A Comparison of the International Narcotics Control Board and… Read more
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences
On 10th December 2007 – to coincide with International Human Rights Day – IHRA’s HR2 (harm reduction and human rights) team released a major report entitled The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: A… Read more