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INPUD Welcomes Rico Gustav and Annie Madden to the Secretariat

16 May, 2022 INPUD is excited to announce two amazing additions to our team – Rico Gustav and Annie Madden. Both Rico and Annie are experienced activists and researchers who will now add their expertise to the INPUD secretariat. Rico Gustav – Senior Technical Advisor Rico Gustav is an Indonesian health and development activist, currently based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.… Read More »INPUD Welcomes Rico Gustav and Annie Madden to the Secretariat

Intervention delivered by INPUD at the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Special Session

6 October, 2021 The following intervention was delivered by Aditia Taslim on behalf of INPUD at the Special Session of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board held on 6 October, 2021. It was delivered under Agenda Item 3: 2022-2026 Unified Budget, Results and Accountability Framework (UBRAF) The International Network of People who Use Drugs welcomes the 2022-2026 UBRAF. We are at… Read More »Intervention delivered by INPUD at the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Special Session

Intervention delivered by INPUD at the 49th UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board

8 December, 2021 The following intervention was delivered by Aditia Taslim on behalf of INPUD at the 49th UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, under Agenda Item 3: Update on HIV in prisons and other closed settings. The International Network of People who Use Drugs welcomes the updated report on HIV and prison and other closed settings. We condemn the effort to… Read More »Intervention delivered by INPUD at the 49th UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board

International Drug Users Day 2021

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1 November, 2021 Every year on International Drug Users Day, people who use drugs all over the world celebrate our history and affirm our rights. INPUD was formally launched on International Drug Users’ Day 2008 by drug user rights activists seeking to create an international platform where members of our community could confidently and proudly advocate for the health and… Read More »International Drug Users Day 2021

INPUD Members Update: March – April 2022

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11 May, 2022 INPUD’s bi-monthly members updates are intended to keep our members and supporters informed about INPUD’s recent activities, as well as updates from national/regional networks and relevant news in drug policy. The updates below cover the period from March through April 2022.

Engaging and Impacting the Universal Periodic Review: Guidance for People who Use Drugs

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25 May, 2022 Join INPUD on 25th May , 13:00 CEST – 14:30 CEST for a webinar on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a key human rights mechanism where the human rights record of States are reviewed in five year cycles by other States as well as through civil society contributions such as shadow reports. Recommendations from UPR rarely address… Read More »Engaging and Impacting the Universal Periodic Review: Guidance for People who Use Drugs

Understanding the ‘Pandemic Treaty’ and it’s relevance for people who use drugs

In December 2021 the World Health Assembly (WHA) held a Special Session, the second-ever since WHO’s founding, and agreed to develop a ‘WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic preparedness’ – the so-called ‘Pandemic Treaty’. The decision establishes an intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) to draft and negotiate the instrument. The INB held its first sessions in February and… Read More »Understanding the ‘Pandemic Treaty’ and it’s relevance for people who use drugs