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CND day 1 - UNODC chief calls for end to the death penalty for drug offences and a greater focus on human rights
10 March 2008
Harm Reduction International has welcomed today's statement by UNODC Executive Director, Antonio Maria Costa, calling for an end to capital punishment for drug offences, and a greater focus on human rights in drug enforcement activities. Speaking this morning at the opening session of the 51st Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting in… Read more
HIV? Human Rights Abuses?...The INCB Has More Pressing Concerns
05 March 2008
Today, Hamid Ghodse and Philip Emafo of the International Narcotics Control Board launched a media offensive in the UK as part of the release of INCB’s 2007 Annual Report . Appearing on Channel 4 News, Channel 5 News, the BBC website and the front page of this morning’s London Metro, both Board members raised their concerns as UN drug… Read more
Harm Reduction International criticises INCB working practices in a new report
19 February 2008
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB or the Board) plays an important role in the international drug control system, serving as an independent body monitoring states’ implementation of their obligations under the international drug conventions. It has, however, been criticised for being one of the most secretive bodies in the UN… Read more