Reports
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2011 - Shared Responsibility & Shared Consequences
14 September 2011
‘Global Overview 2011 – Shared Responsibility and Shared Consequences’ is the fourth report on the death penalty for drug-related offences produced by Harm Reduction International. In addition to… Read more
Complicity or Abolition? The Death Penalty and International Support for Drug Enforcement
21 June 2010
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
03 June 2010
Harm Reduction International 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 Criminal Justice,… Read more
The Global State of Harm Reduction 2010
28 April 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
27 April 2010
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
26 April 2010
3 Cents Report 2010 Harm Reduction International'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… Read more
From Evidence to Action
27 April 2009
Among the many notable events happening in and around Harm Reduction 2009: Harm Reduction International’s 20th International Conference in Bangkok were the highly publicised keynote speeches by… Read more
Civil Society: The Silenced Partners?
18 March 2009
In March 2009 – at the 52nd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna – Harm Reduction International launched a short paper examining civil society engagement with the Commission… Read more
Book of Authorities: Building Consensus
04 March 2009
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
21 January 2009
In January 2009, Harm Reduction International’s HR2 programme released a report entitled ‘Harm Reduction and Human Rights: The Global Response to Drug-Related HIV Epidemics’. This report provides… Read more
Submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
01 November 2008
In November 2008, Harm Reduction International’s HR2 programme authored a submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The submission – entitled ‘Harm Reduction and Human… Read more
Human Rights, Health and Harm Reduction: States’ Amnesia and Parallel Universes
01 August 2008
In August 2008, Harm Reduction International released a new report entitled ‘Human Rights, Health and Harm Reduction: States’ Amnesia and Parallel Universes’ – which is the transcript of a keynote… Read more
The Global State of Harm Reduction 2008
01 May 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
01 March 2008
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?
01 February 2008
In February 2008, Harm Reduction International’s HR2 (harm reduction and human rights) team launched a new report – entitled Unique in International Relations?: A Comparison of the International… Read more
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences
10 December 2007
On 10th December 2007 – to coincide with International Human Rights Day – Harm Reduction International’s HR2 (harm reduction and human rights) team released a major report entitled The Death Penalty… Read more
