We will not eradicate poverty without ending the #WarOnDrugs.
Poverty and related social exclusion can increase vulnerability to problematic drug use and drug-related harms. Yet those most in need of care and support too often face punishment and neglect instead.
On #EndPoverty Day, we call for repealing laws criminalising drug use, sex work, poverty, homelessness and survival activities.
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End punitive practices. Invest in healthcare, harm reduction and rights-based support, never conditional on abstinence.
On welfare and control:
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Forced sterilisation is a grave human rights violation.
IDPC joins colleagues firmly rejecting this bill proposing it for marginalised women who use drugs.
In line w/ intn'l standards, Bolivia must decriminalise & provide gender-responsive services.
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#DrugPolicy success should look like lives protected, violence reduced — not just arrests & seizures.
@Lauraggils urges UN drug control review to confront failures and put #HumanRights, evidence & communities first.
Interview w/ @AnnFordham - @hhrjournal idpc.net/news/2026/10/asking…
🌿 The WHO review left the coca leaf under unduly strict international control.
At #HRC63, civil society and UN experts explored pathways to protect Indigenous rights, ancestral practices and growers’ livelihoods.
Watch the recording: ow.ly/x2pL50ZXEz2
🌿 Decades of international restrictions on coca have undermined Indigenous traditions.
The WHO's review of the coca leaf was a missed opportunity to correct a historical injustice — Martin Jelsma examines why: idpc.net/news/2026/10/the-wo…
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EVENTO sobre indígenas y campesinos en el Consejo #DerechosHumanos de @ONU_es: @ELEMENTADDHH @RicardoSoberonG, el Reportero Especial para los Pueblos Indígenas, @IDPCnet y @ONUHumanRights hablarán desde la defectuosa revisión de la hoja #coca a un real cambio. #confundidos
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HAPPENING NOW at #HRC63 🌿
Indigenous and peasant rights cannot remain sidelined in drug policy. Join us to discuss the flawed coca-leaf review—and the path to real change. unog-un-org.zoom.us/j/923752…
🔥VICTORY FOR @DULFBC & HARM REDUCTION!🔥
BC’s Supreme Court threw out the convictions of DULF’s co-founders, finding their community-led safer supply model saved lives without undermining public safety.
Parliament has 6 months to amend the law. idpc.net/news/2026/09/canada…
[TODAY] Join INPUD for a community-led dialogue launching a new brief on #decriminalisation by and for people who use drugs.
🗓️ 30 Sept.
🕒 15:00 (Geneva time - CEST)
Interpretation in Arabic, French, Russian & Spanish
Register: ow.ly/MoBk50ZSMnx
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TOMORROW — Learn about the latest developments in Europe re: drug situation from civil society & community leaders.
With Thomas Clausen (@EUDrugsAgency), Ganna Dovbakh (CSFD/@EHRA2017) and Leo Jefferys (@EuronpudO)
🗓️ 30 SEPT.
🕐 13:00 CEST
Register: ow.ly/bRvp50ZSICQ
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👥 How is the European drug situation perceived from institutional and civil society perspectives?
Join our webinar to hear experts from the EUDA and civil society organisations exchange views on the latest developments.
📅 30 September 2026
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Punitive drug policies reinforce systemic racism in law enforcement.
At #HRC63, IDPC & partners welcomed UN EMLER’s recognition of this intersection and called for stronger action by Member States & across the UN drug control system.
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Overjoyed to welcome Isabel Pereira-Arana to the IDPC team! 💚
A leading voice in #DrugPolicyReform & #HumanRights, Isabel joins us as Senior Consultant for Multilateral Advocacy, supporting our work across key UN spaces.
¡Bienvenida, @IsabelPereirana!
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Conflating drug trafficking with terrorism/armed conflict is deadly.
@profbensaul, UN SR on #HumanRights & Counterterror, warns that the use of '#NarcoTerrorism' narratives to justify military action undermines the right to life & international law. ow.ly/WKOE50ZQfM6
Criminalising children for drug possession while denying them access to #HarmReduction is not protection.
The @globalcdp calls for rights-based #DrugPolicy grounded in dignity, care and meaningful participation:
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Punitive responses to organised crime deepen the violence and inequalities women already face.
At #HRC63, new research examines these harms in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.
🗓 1 Oct. 14:00–15:00
📍 Concordia 1
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At #HRC63, women with lived experience of incarceration and civil society partners call for drug policy reform that addresses gender inequality, keeps families together, and advances socioeconomic justice.
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