Since the first Global Day of Action, in 2013, the Support. Don’t Punish campaign has seen local partners organise activities in hundreds of cities of over 100 countries around the world. We are united in the recognition that the “war on drugs” is a war on us all and, in particular, those of us experiencing stigma, exclusion and criminalisation.

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Rights groups call for immediate stop to police operations and warn against more abuses during national health crisis.

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By Ted Regencia Source Al Jazeera News

This document, ‘The International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders‘ (hereafter the Standards), is the work of UNODC and WHO to support Member States in their efforts to develop and expand effective, evidence-based and ethical treatment for drug use disorders.The Standards are intended for all those involved in the policy development, planning, funding, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of treatment services and interventions for drug use disorders.

IDPC said authorities in Southeast Asia should suspend or reduce arrests and admission into detention facilities, including drug rehabilitation centers, for non-violent offenses, which include drug use and possession and violation of curfew and lockdown orders.

With the support of a record 120 nations, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on December 17, 2018 calling for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty. The resolution expressed “deep concern” over the use of the death penalty and urged those countries that continue to use it to take action to ensure that death sentences are not the product of discriminatory or arbitrary laws or practices. miscounted.

States parties to these conventions are required to ensure that the respective mandatory control measures are applied to substances listed in the schedules for the 1961 Convention, the schedules of the 1971 Convention and the tables for the 1988 Convention which are annexed to these conventions. During its sessions, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs decides on proposals to add substances to, or to transfer or delete substances from the schedules/tables. The schedules/tables entail different levels of control measures.