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 happening. It highlights the risks as well as the (few) opportunities there may be for… 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 takes many different forms. Current prohibitionist approaches to drug use and ‘war on drugs’ rhetoric… 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 Assembly Special Session On The World Drug Problem Outcome Document. This submission considers the relevant… 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 Process and the Partnership to Inspire, Transform and Connect the HIV response (PITCH). We very… Read More »Response to the Zero Draft of the UHC Political Declaration
INPUD joins over 500 other civil society organisations in expressing our concern about the functioning of UN Treaty Bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has led to postponements, cancellations, and scaling-down of nearly all scheduled Treaty Body sessions in 2020, and since July have been limited to virtual meetings. This means planned reviews of state parties have had to be… Read More »Joint Civil Society Letter on 2021 UN Treaty Bodies reviews in the context of COVID-19
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
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
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?
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
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