13 April, 2021 ‘We Are the Evidence’: Community-Led Responses on Decriminalisation, Harm Reduction and COVID-19 is a discussion on why and how people who use drugs should be at the centre of advancing policy towards decriminalisation of drugs. INPUD, along with HIV Legal Network, UNAIDS… Read More »‘We are the Evidence’ – Community-led Responses on Decriminalisation, COVID-19 and Harm Reduction
24 May, 2021 The United Nations General Assembly 2021 High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (HLM) will take place from 8-10 June 2021. This kind of meeting only occurs once every five years and is a critical opportunity for people who use drugs to push for policies… Read More »Why Should We Engage in the 2021 UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS? (Video)
8 June, 2021 The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health of people who use drugs is interdependent and indivisible from a range of rights, including the right to non-discrimination and self-determination, the right to be free from arbitrary detention, violence… Read More »The Right to Rights: How do we get there for People who Use Drugs
24 September, 2019 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as a concept is not new. In fact, its origins date back to the WHO Constitution of 1948 and the ground-breaking Alma-Ata Declaration from the 1978 International Conference on Primary Health Care, urging governments to promote the health… Read More »What does Universal Health Coverage Mean for People who Use Drugs: A Technical Brief
17 March 2022 The remarks below were delivered by Adeeba Kamarulzaman, President of the International AIDS Society, at the 65th CND in Vienna. They build off the pre-CND consultation, The impact of inequalities on HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, treatment, care and support among people… Read More »The impact of inequalities on HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, treatment, care and support among people who use drugs
17 March, 2022 The following statement was delivered virtually by Jake Agliata on behalf of INPUD at the 65th Commission on Narcotic Drugs, under agenda item 7: ‘Inter-agency cooperation and coordination of efforts in addressing and countering the world drug problem‘. Excellencies and distinguished colleagues,… Read More »INPUD Intervention at the 65th Commission on Narcotic Drugs
14 March, 2022; 12:15 CEST This side event for the 65th Commission on Narcotic Drugs was originally presented on 14 March, 2022. Organised by INPUD, it was co-sponsored by Médecins du Monde, UNAIDS, UNODC HIV/AIDS Section, the Netherlands and Australia. We thank the Robert Carr… Read More »Ending Inequalities for People who Use Drugs: How the Global HIV Response can Transform Drug Policy (and vice versa)
3 March, 2022 INPUD stands in solidarity with the Ukranian Network of People who Use Drugs (PUD.UA/VOLNA), the Ukranian Network of Women who Use Drugs (UNWUD/VONA) and all Ukrainian peers, colleagues, and friends against the invasion of their country by Russia. This senseless act of… Read More »Global Call for Solidarity with People who Use Drugs in Ukraine
21 February, 2022 Pursuant to the Human Rights Council Resolution 47/17, “Human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS” adopted on 13 July 2021, the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD), Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE), the Global Network of Sex… Read More »Joint Response by Key Population Networks to OHCHR: Human Rights in the Context of HIV and AIDS (HRC Resolution 47/17)
25 November, 2021 Human rights violations against people who use drugs have been widely documented, including abuses by police; abuses in detention; discrimination by schools, employers and health care workers; and in some countries, extrajudicial killings. As a growing number of United Nations (UN) experts… Read More »The Fight for Accountability: Opportunities to Engage in Human Rights Advocacy for INPUD