5th September, 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 July through August 2022.
The International AIDS Conference 2022 (AIDS2022) took place in Montreal, Canada between 29th July and 2nd August. Despite discrimination in the visa application process which rendered many community members from the Global South unable to attend the conference, INPUD nevertheless had a strong presence at the conference. This page contains content from INPUD members and the community of people who… Read More »People who Use Drugs at AIDS2022
2nd September, 2022 The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a United Nations human rights mechanism that monitors, analyses, and highlights human rights violations. In this mechanism, Member States undergo a review of their human rights record conducted by other States and civil society in four-to-five-year cycles. Each UPR review cycle results in the States under review receiving and accepting recommendations… Read More »Universal Periodic Review: How People who Use Drugs can Engage and Impact State Reviews
2 August, 2022
2 August, 2022 Media and social media are powerful tools for strengthening advocacy efforts among drug user-led organisations. Effective media advocacy can sway public opinion and influence decision makers, while social media can help with communications, building communities and inspiring action. However, due to an often hostile environment for people who use drugs, conducting media and social media advocacy can… Read More »Media and Social Media Advocacy Tip Sheet
21st July, 2022 This page contains all sessions at the AIDS 2022 conference which are either organised/co-organised by INPUD, or feature speakers from the community of people who use drugs. All times listed are local Montreal time. The full AIDS 2022 programme can be viewed at: programme.aids2022.org Friday, 29 July 2022 Accelerating the implementation of the Global AIDS Strategy through… Read More »INPUD Sessions at AIDS 2022
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 Singh and Norasharee bin Gous, are scheduled to be executed tomorrow, 7 July 2022, for drug… Read More »100 Community and Human Rights Groups Urge UN Action to Halt Imminent Executions in Singapore
21 July, 202214:00 CEST Click here to register On International Drug Users Remembrance Day (21 July), join INPUD alongside Asteria Kyrgyzstan, IWRAW Asia Pacific, Eurasian Women’s Network on AIDS and CEDAW representatives for a discussion on how the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) can be utilised by drug user advocates to address human rights violations in… Read More »Engaging with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): Guidance for Women who use drugs
21 – 24 June, 2022 The following two interventions were delivered by Aditia Taslim on behalf of INPUD during the 50th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB). The first intervention was delivered on day one (21st June) of the 50th PCB under Agenda 1.3 – Report of the Executive Director, in response to the statement by UNAIDS Executive… Read More »INPUD Interventions at the 50th UNAIDS PCB – Addressing Methadone Crisis in Ukraine & UBRAF
6th June, 2022 Русский Over the last several years the Kyrgyzstan organisation Asteria, led by women who use drugs, has been engaging in the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), with the support of INPUD. Asteria partnered with a coalition of NGOs to develop and submit a shadow report documenting and visibilising rights violations against women from… Read More »Women who Use Drugs in Kyrgyzstan: Experience of Writing and Working on a CEDAW Shadow Report