6 July, 2022 INPUD joins the Network of Asian People who Use Drugs, Harm Reduction International , the International Drug Policy Consortium and 100 community and human rights organisations in urging the UNODC and OHCHR to intervene and halt two impending executions in Singapore. Kalwant… Read More »100 Community and Human Rights Groups Urge UN Action to Halt Imminent Executions in Singapore
28 September 2018 This is the first community-driven evaluation of the outcomes of Portugal’s decriminalisation of people who use drugs. Introduced in 2000, Portugal’s model of decriminalisation has been hugely influential and is frequently referred to as an example of legislative reform that has improved… Read More »Is Decriminalisation Enough? Drug User Community Voices from Portugal
March 2022 The International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) in collaboration with the International Network of Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) have announced the first round of the new Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award. This ground-breaking mentorship program will not… Read More »Call for Consultant Mentors for the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award
30 September 2021 As part of INPUD’s ongoing advocacy to influence the new PEPFAR Strategy, we have provided recommendations for consideration into the latest draft of the strategy document. While we commend the introduction of community-led monitoring in the draft, it is critical for PEPFAR… Read More »Submission of feedback from INPUD to the Draft Overview of PEPFAR Strategy: Vision 2025
10 January, 2022 INPUD and Drugreporter are excited to announce the five winners of our #MoreThan video contest! The contest, which launched in September, is intended to be a continuation of the #MoreThan campaign launched on 2021 International Drug Users Remembrance Day, highlighting that people who use drugs are… Read More »Announcing the Winners of the #MoreThan Video Contest
His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Malacañang ComplexJ.P. Laurel StreetSan Miguel, Manila1005 Via the Embassy of the Philippines Re: An Entreaty to End the Killing, to End the Poverty and Exclusion Dear President Duterte/Mr. President I urgently request a halt be called on the killing… Read More »Philippines Embassy Letter
AUGUST 2016 INPUD and ANPUD invite members, allies, and friends to email or telephone their local Philippines consulate or national Embassy. Contact information can be found here. If telephoning, ask to be put through to their political section (if they have one) or to the consular… Read More »Killing in the Philippines; Guidance for Embassy Contact
INPUD, along with HIV Legal Network, UNAIDS and the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services, are excited to be hosting a virtual side event at the 64th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on Monday, 12 April 2021 at 14:00 CEST. ‘We Are the Evidence’: Community-Led Responses on Decriminalisation, Harm Reduction and COVID-19 will be a discussion on… Read More »‘We are the Evidence’ – Community-led Responses on Decriminalisation, COVID-19 and Harm Reduction
March 2014 A Position Paper from the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN) and the International Network of Women who Use Drugs (INWUD). Download the full statement here. In some countries, such as Russia and Ukraine, pregnant women who use illicit drugs have been… Read More »Illicit Drug Use in Pregnancy: An Appropriate Response
15 April, 2019 Download this full statement here. INPUD is deeply saddened by the passing of our member, friend, previous Director on our Board, our representative, and our facilitator, Dean Lewis. Dean was determined to live his life with grace and fire, and in this… Read More »Dean Lewis – Remembering a Friend