Actos de la sociedad civil en la CND 2008
ONG de diversas procedencias organizan actos durante el período de sesiones que celebra la Comisión de Estupefacientes en marzo de 2008. En este apartado se anuncian, en inglés, algunos de ellos.
Drug Peace March
When: 17h00
Where: from PRATERSTERN (U1, S1/2) to the Vienna International Centre
Who: European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies
Saturday-Sunday 8-9 March 2008
Drug Peace Conference
When: 14h00
Where: Altes AKH, Hof 2, Hörsaal C1, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna (U2 Schottentor, U6 Alserstrasse, Tram 43,44)
Who: European Coalition
for Just and Effective Drug Policies
Monday, 10 March 2008
Recalibrating the Regime: Drug Control, Health and Human Rights
A panel and discussion on critical human rights and public health challenges
When: 13h30 – 15h00
Where: Vienna International Centre, 7th Floor, Conference Room 2
Who: International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
Interventions:
- “The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: A Violation of International Human Rights Law”, Rick Lines, International Harm Reduction Association
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- “Enforcement to Excess: Human Rights Abuses
in the War on Drugs”, Rebecca Schleifer, Human Rights Watch
- Moderator: Mike Trace, Beckley Foundation
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
“Not So Silent Partners” - NGO contribution to the 1998 UNGASS targets
Official NGO Forum during 2008 CND
When: 9h30 – 16h30
Where: Conference Room 1, 2nd Floor, C Building (Rotonda), Vienna International Centre (VIC)Who: Vienna NGO Committee on Narcotic Drugs (VNGOC)
- Download the programme
- Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations to the implementation of UNGASS
Thursday, 13 March 13 2008
Women and Drug Policy: Realities of Enforcement
A Global Perspective
When: 13h00 – 15h00
Where: Vienna International Centre Restaurant, Floor FOE/Mozart Room
Interventions:
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- Caught
in the Net: The Impact of U.S.
Drug Policies on Women and their Families, Deborah Small, Executive
Director, Break the Chains (USA)
- Women,
HIV and Drug Use in Ukraine, Ol’ga Belyaeva, Director, Charitable Fund “Virtus” (Ukraine)
- Women, HIV and Drug Policy in South East Asia , Professor Lisa Maher, Program Head, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research and University of New South Wales, St Vincent's Medical Centre (Australia)
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