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Announcing the Winners of the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award

18 May, 2022 INPUD and the International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) are excited to announce the recipients of the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award, a nine-month mentorship program that will foster expertise and  resilience in the next generation of women who use drugs leading our global movement. The award was announced in October last… Read More »Announcing the Winners of the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award

INPUD Welcomes Rico Gustav and Annie Madden to the Secretariat

16 May, 2022 INPUD is excited to announce two amazing additions to our team – Rico Gustav and Annie Madden. Both Rico and Annie are experienced activists and researchers who will now add their expertise to the INPUD secretariat. Rico Gustav – Senior Technical Advisor Rico Gustav is an Indonesian health and development activist, currently based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.… Read More »INPUD Welcomes Rico Gustav and Annie Madden to the Secretariat

International Drug Users Day 2021

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1 November, 2021 Every year on International Drug Users Day, people who use drugs all over the world celebrate our history and affirm our rights. INPUD was formally launched on International Drug Users’ Day 2008 by drug user rights activists seeking to create an international platform where members of our community could confidently and proudly advocate for the health and… Read More »International Drug Users Day 2021

INPUD Members Update: March – April 2022

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11 May, 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 March through April 2022.

Engaging and Impacting the Universal Periodic Review: Guidance for People who Use Drugs

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25 May, 2022 Join INPUD on 25th May , 13:00 CEST – 14:30 CEST for a webinar on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a key human rights mechanism where the human rights record of States are reviewed in five year cycles by other States as well as through civil society contributions such as shadow reports. Recommendations from UPR rarely address… Read More »Engaging and Impacting the Universal Periodic Review: Guidance for People who Use Drugs

Understanding the ‘Pandemic Treaty’ and it’s relevance for people who use drugs

In December 2021 the World Health Assembly (WHA) held a Special Session, the second-ever since WHO’s founding, and agreed to develop a ‘WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic preparedness’ – the so-called ‘Pandemic Treaty’. The decision establishes an intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) to draft and negotiate the instrument. The INB held its first sessions in February and… Read More »Understanding the ‘Pandemic Treaty’ and it’s relevance for people who use drugs

Global Fund Complaints Mechanism: How can people who use drugs use it effectively?

29 April, 2022 As a part of the Global Fund’s CRG Strategic Initiative, INPUD organized a Peer Technical Support Hub in April 2022 on the topic of the Global Fund Complaints Mechanism and how it works for communities. The webinar familiarises networks and communities of people who use drugs with the concept of the GF Complaints Mechanism and Office of… Read More »Global Fund Complaints Mechanism: How can people who use drugs use it effectively?

Video: The Wall of Shame – Why Crack Consumptions Rooms are Needed in Paris

28 April, 2022 An estimated thirteen thousand people use crack cocaine in the wider Paris region. Recently the police, who have been harassing the community over the last three decades, even built a wall to block people who use crack from the rest of society. This wall – an ugly and very physical manifestation of the authorities’ attempts to separate… Read More »Video: The Wall of Shame – Why Crack Consumptions Rooms are Needed in Paris