Our comrades at the Italian Network of People who Use Drugs (ItaNPUD) wish to share this tribute to their peer and friend Andrea Fallarini. Original in Italian is below the English. On March 12th, our comrade and friend Andrea Fallarini passed away due to end-stage… Read More »Good Bye, Andrea Fallarini
Participating in the Global Fund national processes is an important step towards achieving and directing funding towards more rights-based policies and programmes that meet the needs of people who use drugs. While in some regions and countries huge progress has been made, in others, drug user-led… Read More »From Invisibility to Influence: The evolution of participation of people who use drugs in the Global Fund
INPUD’s Monthly Digest is intended to keep our member and supporters informed about INPUD’s activities month to month, as well as updates from national/regional networks and relevant news in drug policy. We would first like to again acknowledge the huge loss our community felt this… Read More »INPUD Monthly Digest – March 2021
This is the first community-driven evaluation of the outcomes of Portugal’s decriminalisation of people who use drugs. Introduced in 2001, Portugal’s model of decriminalisation has been hugely influential and is frequently referred to as an example of legislative reform that has improved public health, social… Read More »Is Decriminalisation Enough? Drug User Community Voices from Portugal
The submission of the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) to the Civil Society Task Force to UNGASS on Drugs 2016 is derived from INPUD’s Consensus Statement on Drug Use Under Prohibition: Human Rights, Health, and the Law. INPUD’s Consensus Statement focusses on human rights, health, and… Read More »INPUD Submission to The Civil Society Task Force to UNGASS on Drugs 2016
Global Week of Action Over the past months, thousands of people who use drugs and people suspected of using and/or selling drugs have been killed in the Philippines. The Filipino President, Rodrigo Duterte, is responsible: he has repeatedly encouraged the police and the general public… Read More »Global Week of Action: Crisis for People who Use Drugs in the Philippines
The Smart Sex Worker’s and Drug User’s Guide This Smart Guide is a quick reference for sex workers and people who use drugs to help understand the transition from Global Fund financing. It explains what the process is, how it works and why it is… Read More »The Global Fund Transition
March 2020 Pусский | Español | Français The need to change our language in relation to people who use drugs has become an increasing topic of discussion, but there is still a long way to go. People who use drugs are highly diverse and their relationship with drug use… Read More »Words Matter! Language Statement & Reference Guide
This contribution is in response to the request of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for relevant information with regard to the implementation of Our Joint Commitment to Effectively Addressing and Countering The World Drug Problem, the 2016 United Nations General… Read More »INPUD submission to the OHCHR’s report on UNGASS implementation and human rights
06/06/2019 Following the publication on 17 May 2019 of the zero draft of the political declaration to be approved at the high-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage, please see a statement co-signed by global HIV, civil society and key population networks from the Free Space… Read More »Response to the Zero Draft of the UHC Political Declaration