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Joint Response to the UNAIDS Strategy Tream on the Global AIDS Strategy 2021 – 2026

21 January 2021 The new Global AIDS Strategy for 2021 – 2026, being developed by UNAIDS, will have significant impacts on community and key population led responses in the global HIV response. A sharpened focus on historically under-prioritised responses such as prevention, human rights, decriminalisation and community-led responses will, along with accompanying actionable results, will help catalyze a re-invigorated future HIV… Read More »Joint Response to the UNAIDS Strategy Tream on the Global AIDS Strategy 2021 – 2026

INPUD Statement at the 64th Commission on Narcotic Drugs: Decriminalisation and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

16 APRIL, 2021 The following statement was delivered by Jake Agliata on behalf of INPUD at the plenary session 64th Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This statement was delivered as an intervention under Agenda Number 9: Contributions by the Commission to review and implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Excellencies and distinguished colleagues, I am making this intervention today on… Read More »INPUD Statement at the 64th Commission on Narcotic Drugs: Decriminalisation and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring?

12 APRIL, 2021 Over the past decade there have been increasing claims that the world is moving towards a critical turning point in international drug policy, based on a growing recognition that governments must consider alternative approaches to drug policy which include decriminalisation. While this shift has been hailed as a sign of progress by many, INPUD believes there are… Read More »Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring?

INPUD Condemns anti-Asian Racism and Bigotry

23 March 2021 INPUD strongly condemns the sharp rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, racism and bigotry around the world. These hate crimes are founded on the scapegoating of Asian people and fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet anti-Asian bigotry long predates the pandemic and is closely tied to the war on drugs. A report by Human Rights Watch last May showed COVID-19… Read More »INPUD Condemns anti-Asian Racism and Bigotry

In Loving Memory of Jude Byrne

For nearly 40 years, Jude stood up for the drug-using community she described as “vibrant”, determined to foster a feeling of pride and self-worth among people who used drugs rather than the darkness of shame and fear.  Jude Byrne (1958 – 2021) was one of INPUD’s founders, four times President of the INPUD Board and cherished peer leader in her… Read More »In Loving Memory of Jude Byrne

INPUD Monthly Digest – February 2021

1 MARCH, 2021 INPUD’s Monthly Digest is intended to keep our members and supporters informed about INPUD’s activities month to month, as well as updates from national/regional networks and relevant news in drug policy. The following updates cover February 2021. Before getting into the digest, we would like to thank everyone who has already taken the time to fill out INPUD’s Membership… Read More »INPUD Monthly Digest – February 2021

INPUD Monthly Digest – January 2021

10 FEBRUARY, 2021 INPUD’s Monthly Digests are 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. The following updates cover January 2021. Download the Monthly Digest as a PDF by clicking here.  GLOBAL ADVOCACY Global AIDS Strategy 2021 – 2026 After a lengthy… Read More »INPUD Monthly Digest – January 2021

Peer driven or driven peers? A rapid review of peer involvement of people who use drugs in HIV and harm reduction services in low‑ and middle‑income countries

5 FEBRUARY, 2021 Read the full report here.  From the beginning, people who use drugs have been central to the development and delivery of HIV and harm reduction programmes. Communities, advocates, service providers and health professionals have all called for increasing the meaningful involvement of people who use drugs within HIV and harm reduction programmes, and research focused on high-income… Read More »Peer driven or driven peers? A rapid review of peer involvement of people who use drugs in HIV and harm reduction services in low‑ and middle‑income countries

Three Building Blocks to a New Global Fund Strategy

1 February, 2021 In January 2021 more than 100 representatives of community and civil society organisations representing and working for people living with and affected by HIV, TB and Malaria held a series of three civil society pre-Partnership Forum virtual gatherings organised by the Global Fund Secretariat. These meetings offered an opportunity for us to strategize on collective community and civil society… Read More »Three Building Blocks to a New Global Fund Strategy

#PeersInThePandemic Demand 5 – Act on Decriminalisation

7 – 11 DECEMBER, 2020 The criminalisation of drugs is the basis of systemic issues faced by people who use drugs. Acting on decriminalisation is necessary to ensure all other reforms are achievable and sustainable. COVID-19 has shown us the dangers of failing to do so; within a lockdown environment people who use drugs are forced to rely on an… Read More »#PeersInThePandemic Demand 5 – Act on Decriminalisation