People who are particularly vulnerable to HIV are in many countries the first to be targeted by counterterrorism and security measures, says Executive Director Joanne Csete in this commentary published in The Lancet on March 3, 2007.
Это краткое содержание oтчета «Глух к голосу разума: Межуданродный комитет по контролю над наркотиками и ВИЧ/СПИД». Отчет рассматривает, каким образом Международный комитет по контролю над наркотиками (МККН), который обеспечен финансовой и административной поддержкой ООН, блокируeт эффективные методы предотвращения эпидемии ВИЧ среди потребителей инъекционных наркотиков. В фокусе отчета находятся ошибки в изложении фактов и упущения в … Read more
Nearly one in three HIV infections outside Africa is among people who inject drugs. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) could and should be playing a key role in stopping this injection-driven HIV epidemic — but it’s not. Instead, the Board — a 13-person, ostensibly independent body that does not speak for the United Nations … Read more
After filing a submission to the European Court of Human Rights regarding this prisoner’s case against the British government, the Legal Network and the Irish Penal Reform Trust were invited to prepare a supplementary submission in reply to the U.K. government’s observations. To read the original submission, see “Related Publications” below.
“As representatives of ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations who have attended the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), we write to express our concern and discontent with the recent recommendation by the Extended Bureau, relayed by CND secretary Andres Finguerut, that the Committee of the Whole should be a “private” meeting excluding NGOs. This recommendation violates the spirit … Read more
“On behalf of our more than 200 members, including front-line AIDS service organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS, I am writing to applaud your recent statements supporting supervised injection sites. . . . I urge you and your caucus to continue to stand up and speak out for Insite. Canadians deserve to know how successful … Read more
In 2005, courts in the United Kingdom dismissed a prisoner’s case against the British government. The prisoner was seeking a court order to force the government to implement sterile syringe programs in prisons as a measure to reduce the risk of infection with blood-borne diseases such as HIV through the sharing of drug injection equipment. … Read more