Join us at our side event at the CND to examine how to centre human rights in harm reduction; from meaningful participation and legal reform to sustainable, rights-based responses in a changing political and funding context.
Room M6 or online at https://bit.ly/HRCND69
Join us at #CND69 to examine how to centre human rights in harm reduction, from meaningful participation and legal reform to sustainable, rights-based responses in a changing political and funding context.
Meet us at Room M6, or join online here: https://bit.ly/HRCND69
HRl's new briefing on The Global Fund's Grant Cycle 8 highlights priorities and recommendations when integrating harm reduction programmes into health systems.
🔗 Click to find the full messages.
To ensure zero discrimination we call for drug policy reform, divestment from punitive responses and investment in communities, health and justice.
People who use drugs, including those in prisons, must have access to harm reduction services, quality healthcare, and HIV and hepatitis prevention and treatment.
Today it's #ZeroDiscriminationDay
Everyone has the right to live with dignity, health and peace, including people who use drugs. Harm reduction is healthcare, and healthcare is a human right.
Criminalisation, discrimination and stigma deny people life saving services.
On the World Day of Social Justice, we acknowledge the role of harm reduction in promoting equity, dignity, and human rights. At the same time, we highlight the structural barriers, inequities, and unmet needs that must still be addressed.
Claudia Cardona from Mujeres Libres Colombia discusses how women facing disadvantages are disproportionately impacted by punitive drug policies.
Watch Claudia's complete presentation on the webinar "Drug Policy and People Deprived of Liberty". https://youtu.be/gAoNtw2W8Bs
In case you missed our most recent webinar "Drug Policy and People Deprived of Liberty", watch a panel of international experts discuss the impact of punitive drug policies and the need to guarantee high standards of human rights in prisons.
Link here:
🔗https://youtu.be/gAoNtw2W8Bs
Join the in-person event by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland and the International Drug Policy Consortium to dicuss a decade of drug policy and human rights. It's time reflect on our challenges and draw different paths for the future.
Tuesday 3rd February | 09:00 am |
💥From encouraging positive changes in people’s lives and avoiding stigma, to reducing the harms of current drug laws and committing to social justice, harm reduction has deep meanings for everyone. What does it mean to you? Tell us in the comments.
#HarmReduction #drugpolicy #humanrights
Every day, we witness the negative effects of punitive drug policies around the world. We must divest from this unjust drug war and invest in communities, health and justice.
📺 ‘Keeping Harm Reduction Alive: Strategies amid a global funding collapse‘: https://youtu.be/ZsSEdYEuEoM
The Harm Reduction International Conference is finally on Instagram!👋
Follow us and stay tuned for exciting news on the road to HR27!
https://www.instagram.com/hriconf
#HRIConference #HarmReduction #DrugPolicyReform #HRIconf
Don't miss our webinar, where we will explore the main human rights standards on access to health and harm reduction in prisons, and share lessons learned from advocacy experience at a regional and international level.
Register here: 🔗https://bit.ly/ConnectingMovements
Join our webinar, where we will explore the main human rights standards on access to health and harm reduction in prisons and share lessons learned from advocacy experience at a regional and international level.
Register here: 🔗https://bit.ly/ConnectingMovements
Along with our colleagues in Latin America and around the world, we condemn the actions of the United States government towards the people of Venezuela.
If you want to listen to international voices while you travel for the holidays, our #HR25Bogotá podcast list is the one!
Here's a set of episodes by digital creators who captured stories of the harm reduction community.
This year, the harm reduction community faced unprecedented challenges. In the face of multiple crises, loss, and grave violence around the world, communities showed remarkable resilience. May 2026 bring justice and care for people who use drugs, as we continue to build brighter futures together.
Recent fund-cuts have generated a global crisis within harm reduction organisations - it is urgent to find alternatives for sustainable funding.
🔴 Watch our webinar "Keeping Harm Reduction Alive: Strategies amidst a global funding collapse".
It is resistance, community-led projects, and human-centered approaches that keep harm reduction programmes going; however, funding is key to maintain these services operating.
Fiji is facing one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world. This Lancet article shows why expanding harm reduction, same-day testing, and treatment is needed to save lives and curb transmission. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)02430-4/fulltext?rss=yes
With Catherine Cook, HRI’s Acting Executive Director, contributing to the discussion, the event made clear that governments must accelerate evidence-based, life-saving responses for people who use drugs and for people in prison settings.
Member States and partners came together at the side event “Commitment Event: Investing in Life-Saving Harm Reduction” during the CND Intersessional Meeting to confront urgent challenges and drive stronger political and financial commitments to harm reduction.
Harm reduction services can make the difference between life and death. How can we continue to provide life-saving services in the middle of a funding crisis?
🔴 Watch the recording of our webinar to learn more. Subtitles available in English and Spanish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsSEdYEuEoM
This #HumanRightsDay, we demand harm reduction.
Punitive drug laws violate rights, enable racist policing, fuel mass incarceration & block access to health. We centre human rights in our harm reduction advocacy because punitive policies undermine dignity, health & rights.
Understanding the different barriers people face when trying to access harm reduction services is key to improving these services.
#EVAWUD25 #StopTheDrugWar #DrugPolicyIsAFeministIssue #harmreduction
While Indonesia's primary healthcare services include harm reducion, U.S. funding cuts still impact their effectiveness. We need to reinforce collaboration to ensure access to services.
Read the report: https://hri.global/publications/the-impact-of-us-funding-cuts-on-harm-reduction-in-indonesia/
The harm reduction funding crisis needs to be addressed as a human rights crisis. It is lives that are at stake when harm reduction services are paused or stopped.
🔴 Watch the recording of our webinar: https://youtu.be/ZsSEdYEuEoM
U.S. funding cuts for foreign aid have triggered public health crises in countries like South Africa. Immediate action is needed to ensure harm reduction services.
Read the full report: https://hri.global/publications/breaking-point-the-impact-of-us-funding-cuts-on-harm-reduction-in-south-africa/
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we affirm that there is no place for gender-based violence of any type in harm reduction spaces.
#25N #NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
