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2023 UN contributions on Human rights and drug policy
We sent 2 contribution for the upcoming UN Human Rights report on drug policies – due diligence, herbal drugs, traditional use, homegrowing
Lex lata cannabis legalization: statement at the 2022 United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
[Video] Plenary statement at the 65th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, about a cannabis legalization compliant with the drug conventions
Press release — INCB Cannabis Initiative: NGOs from 56 countries call for transparency & accountability
2 Dec. 2021 – 181 NGOs from 56 Countries call upon INCB drugs agency to create transparency and accountability in ‘Cannabis Initiative’ Guidelines effort
Press Freedom under attack – Czech cannabis magazine condemned
⚠️ #PressFreedom: Writing about #cannabis is a crime (but should not be)! ⚠️ On November 3, 2021, the Magazin Legalizace and its editor-in-chief, Robert Veverka, were convicted of inciting and promoting “toxicomania” by the district court in Bruntál, Czech republic....
History, science, and politics of international cannabis scheduling, 2015–2021
Just published: Oct. 2021 report on the 2015-2021 cannabis scheduling process at the WHO and United Nations (open access PDF)
Demain, les Cannabis Social Clubs
Contribution to the work of the French Parliament on “recreational cannabis” : the Cannabis Social Club model [French]
Demain, les Cannabis Social Clubs
Contribution to the work of the French Parliament on “recreational cannabis” : the Cannabis Social Club model [French]
Press release — History made today: UN recognizes medical cannabis
After 60 years of status quo, 3 years of scientific review by WHO and 2 years of diplomatic discussions, today, the United Nations finally withdrew cannabis from 1961 Convention Schedule IV –the “prohibition schedule”
WHO cannabis vote: Support patient access to medicine, vote yes! [signed by 193 NGOs]
194 organizations from 50 countries call for Cannabis deschedulling at the United Nations in official statement.
A call for UN to monitor medical cannabis patients’ rights
Ensuring continuity of treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic for patients using Cannabis and cannabinoid medicines.
Monitoring the votes on Cannabis scheduling changes
On March 4th, 2020, governments gather in Vienna to decide upon the proposed changes in the scheduling of cannabis and cannabis-related substances under the international drug control conventions. This page will monitor the positions taken by governments in this...
United Nations ECOSOC makes public the list of voters on WHO Cannabis Scheduling recommendations.
In March 2020 the United Nations might terminate half-Century of Treaty ban on Cannabis medicines. The process that started in 2016 will finish with a vote planned in March 2020. The list of the 53 countries that will take part in this historic votation has been made...
Berlin Declaration
Berlin Declaration | Towards a Humane Model of Drug Policy
Future conferences: Hemp Business Day, challenging Southern European policies on industrial Cannabis
THE FIRST CONGRESS ABOUT HEMP & CBD IN SOUTH EUROPE | FRIDAY APRIL 26th 2019. FICOBA. IRUN, SPAIN
Breaking news: WHO changes position on medical Cannabis after 60 years.
PRESS RELEASE | 31st Jan. 2019 | Outcome of #ECDD41 on Cannabis. World Health Organization acknowledges medical use of Cannabis after 60 years of denial.
Press statement – WHO Cannabis Review non-outcome
Vienna, UN headquarters, 7th December 2018. World Health Organization (WHO) much anticipated release of findings of two year scientific assessment of Cannabis leaves observers stunned and upset. The last assessment by WHO in 1954 fuelled global prohibition under the...
Announcement – Update of the International Cannabis Policy Conference staff
Announcement Update of the International Cannabis Policy Conference staff FAAAT discontinues any collaboration with ICACO Due to a series of unfortunate events, the International Cannabis Policy Conference 2018 has reorganized its management team. As the...
ECDD41: WHO finishes this week its historic review of Cannabis
WHO finishes this week their scientific review of cannabis, THC, CBD extracts, etc. Their conclusions could change cannabis scheduling in the drug Treaties.
Awarding the legal Cannabis industry for its sustainability
Meet entrepreneurs, visionaries, products & ideas that change the way we think about Cannabis, the way we use it, and that change policy. #cannabiSDG
Youth NGOs make their views heard on Global Drug Policy
Ahead of a Global Drug Summit in March 2019, a coalition of youth organizations address the governments of the planet: “Make drug policies with us, not on our name and against us!”
INCB: a decade of evolutions and progress
The NGO International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) is running a short series of posts called INCB Watch to explore how the International Narcotics Control Board has changed – or remained the same – over the past decade or so. This post was originally published on...
United Nations just proclaimed Universal Rights of Peasants
The UN just adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants, binding Countries to respect & protect rural needs, singularities, traditions, and knowledge.
International Cannabis Policy Conference | Vienna 2018
FAAAT launches the International Cannabis Policy Conference | Vienna, Austria | December 7-9, 2018 | #CannabiSDG | www.cannabis-conference.com
Cannabis: WHO just acknowledged historical misjudgment and heads towards global policy update
After thoroughly assessing Cannabis, THC and CBD in June, the WHO has just recognized its historical misjudgment that led to the placement of Cannabis medicines among heroin or fentanyl derivates, and will consider an international change of scheduling to adequate policies with evidence. #ECDD40
ECDD40 in Geneva: pivotal moment for global Cannabis policies
This week in Geneva for the first time ever, the WHO drugs committee has heard the voices of doctors, patients, and researchers, and started to weigh the harms and benefits of Cannabis neutrally.
40th ECDD meeting in Geneva: pivotal moment for global Cannabis policies.
This week in Geneva for the first time ever, the WHO drugs committee has heard the voices of doctors, patients, and researchers, and started to weigh the harms and benefits of Cannabis neutrally.
Press release: WHO & Cannabis – 40th ECDD meeting
PRESS RELEASE • Cannabis policy reform: Activists from all continents converge in Geneva – Historical day inside of the World Health Organization.
Human Rights violations in the name of Drug Control: contribution to UN Human Rights
57 years of Global and Systematic Human Rights violations in the name of #DrugControl: Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law.
[VIDEO] Hepatitis C among people who use drugs, Governments & the UN.
FAAAT co-hosted, last March at the United Nations, a consensus conference where governments and representative of drug users discussed the global state of Hepatitis C and recommendations raised from the practice. Video and track record.
Crimson paper #3. The review(s).
Pre & Critical reviews: insights into the processes of the WHO scientific abuse liability assessment for drugs.
Cannabis review by the WHO: all you need to know
In 2018 for the first time, the World Health Organization is assessing the medical uses and harms of Cannabis, and will recommend the suitable classification to be applied internationally. We promote an objective and independent assessment, that recognizes and acknowledges modern research on Cannabis. Support us!
Major shift in global drug policies: the Human Rights Council catches up with the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Last month, the main UN body on drugs self-disqualified, leaving room for UN Human Rights organs to increase influence over global drug policies.
Will modern drug policies come from Norway?
The Norwegian Association for Safer Drug Policies, FAAAT and 20 policymakers and stakeholders from 10 countries recalled that Norway should be a model for the rest of the world’s drug policy reforms.
[VIDEO] Hierarchy of norms: Human rights vs. drug control. #LegalRegulations
#LegalRegulations • Do the Drug Conventions really forbid legal regulations? We ask properly the question to key experts: Is it allowed to legalize drugs?
After UNGASS: the Way Forward for UN Drug Strategies
Statement delivered to the 6th Intersessional meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, about the “way forward and preparations for the 62nd session of the CND in 2019” on November 16th, 2017.
A crowdfunding to support our action at WHO
Crimson paper #2. The committee.
The crimson papers are a series of short documents aimed at sharing knowledge regarding the process of scheduling plants, medicines and substances within the international drug control treaty framework.
Crimson paper #1. The schedules.
The crimson papers are a series of short documents aimed at sharing knowledge regarding the process of scheduling plants, medicines and substances within the international drug control treaty framework.
European Parliament: designing a future for drug policies in urban areas
In the European Parliament, representatives of municipal and national governments, decision makers, law enforcement, civil society, people who use drugs, harm reduction and treatment providers, and academics have been focusing together on substance use in the urban environment, and exchanging experiences on evidence-informed policies to best mitigate drug-related harms.
Morocco & cannabis: civil society gets organized to prepare the post-prohibition.
In Chefchaouen, on Avril 30, 2017, an international symposium focused on development and growth perspectives for the cannabis-growing areas in the Moroccan Riff region. The meeting gathered local civil society with experts, academics and various stakeholders from Morocco as well as France, Spain or Germany.
Tidbits from the United Nations lobbies, 60th Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Four simple questions about present and future drug policies were asked to stakeholders attending the 60th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Their answers in videos.
Legal Regulations – series of events on a positive, constructive and consensual future for drug policies
Legal Regulations – series of events on a positive, constructive and consensual future for drug policies
After UNGASS 2016, let’s release hemp to achieve the SDGs
In January 23rd 2017 Hanka Gabrielová, an associate FAAAT advocate from the Czech NGO Konopa, delivered the following statement during an hearing of civil society by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, gathered for an inter-sessional meeting of its 60th session....
Canada: Final recommendations of the Task Force on Cannabis Regulation
The final report of the Canadian Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, issued on November 30th 2016, is the product of broad consultations within the Canadian society.
Reassessing substances: a proposed reading of the UNGASS 2016 outcome document
FAAAT submitted a contribution to the post-UNGASS 2016 thematic debates organized by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, on October 2016. This contribution has been posted online on the website of the UNODC and can be downloaded here.
The UNGASS 2016 outcome document and the Critical review process
CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT UNGASS 2016 OUTCOME DECLARATION AND THE CRITICAL REVIEW OF CANNABIS & CANNABIS RESIN The public health dimension of the world drug problem has been widely debated during the special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the...
Actions à la 69ème Assemblée Mondiale de la Santé
Résumé des actions du do-tank FAAAT à la 69ème Assemblée Mondiale de la Santé à Genève, du 23 au 28 mai 2016.
Towards an evidence-based approach to drug policies : the Critical review of Cannabis
The Critical Review is the...
Conference « Introduction to Cannabis Social Clubs » at the UN
Cannabis Social Club: a social, ethic, human-scale and health-based model addressing the misuse, abuse and potential damages due to cannabis use while countering the unregulated growth of cannabis supply.
UNGASS 2016 : Civil Society joint declaration.
Over 200 civil society groups from all over the world have today released a statement condemning governments for failing to acknowledge the devastating consequences of punitive and repressive drug policies as they prepare for a UN summit on the issue next month.
Cannabis Social Club • Policy for the XXIst century
Cannabis Social Club : a social, ethic, human-scale and health-based model addressing the misuse, abuse and potential damages due to cannabis use while countering the unregulated growth of cannabis supply. Authors: Farid Ghehiouèche, Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli....
Thematic Paper #1 • Booster shots of an international political History of drugs.
This first document of the series of Thematic Papers provides initial paths for comprehension of the political history of the international drug control system, which only managed to cause the opposite effects to its purposes.
Lex lata cannabis legalization: statement at the 2022 United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
[Video] Plenary statement at the 65th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, about a cannabis legalization compliant with the drug conventions
Press release — INCB Cannabis Initiative: NGOs from 56 countries call for transparency & accountability
2 Dec. 2021 – 181 NGOs from 56 Countries call upon INCB drugs agency to create transparency and accountability in ‘Cannabis Initiative’ Guidelines effort
Press Freedom under attack – Czech cannabis magazine condemned
⚠️ #PressFreedom: Writing about #cannabis is a crime (but should not be)! ⚠️ On November 3, 2021, the Magazin Legalizace and its editor-in-chief, Robert Veverka, were convicted of inciting and promoting “toxicomania” by the district court in Bruntál, Czech republic....
History, science, and politics of international cannabis scheduling, 2015–2021
Just published: Oct. 2021 report on the 2015-2021 cannabis scheduling process at the WHO and United Nations (open access PDF)
Demain, les Cannabis Social Clubs
Contribution to the work of the French Parliament on “recreational cannabis” : the Cannabis Social Club model [French]
Demain, les Cannabis Social Clubs
Contribution to the work of the French Parliament on “recreational cannabis” : the Cannabis Social Club model [French]
Press release — History made today: UN recognizes medical cannabis
After 60 years of status quo, 3 years of scientific review by WHO and 2 years of diplomatic discussions, today, the United Nations finally withdrew cannabis from 1961 Convention Schedule IV –the “prohibition schedule”
![WHO cannabis vote: Support patient access to medicine, vote yes! [signed by 193 NGOs]](https://i0.wp.com/faaat.net/wp-content/uploads/CND63-patients-statement-cover.png?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
WHO cannabis vote: Support patient access to medicine, vote yes! [signed by 193 NGOs]
194 organizations from 50 countries call for Cannabis deschedulling at the United Nations in official statement.
A call for UN to monitor medical cannabis patients’ rights
Ensuring continuity of treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic for patients using Cannabis and cannabinoid medicines.
Monitoring the votes on Cannabis scheduling changes
On March 4th, 2020, governments gather in Vienna to decide upon the proposed changes in the scheduling of cannabis and cannabis-related substances under the international drug control conventions. This page will monitor the positions taken by governments in this...
United Nations ECOSOC makes public the list of voters on WHO Cannabis Scheduling recommendations.
In March 2020 the United Nations might terminate half-Century of Treaty ban on Cannabis medicines. The process that started in 2016 will finish with a vote planned in March 2020. The list of the 53 countries that will take part in this historic votation has been made...
Berlin Declaration
Berlin Declaration | Towards a Humane Model of Drug Policy
Future conferences: Hemp Business Day, challenging Southern European policies on industrial Cannabis
THE FIRST CONGRESS ABOUT HEMP & CBD IN SOUTH EUROPE | FRIDAY APRIL 26th 2019. FICOBA. IRUN, SPAIN
Breaking news: WHO changes position on medical Cannabis after 60 years.
PRESS RELEASE | 31st Jan. 2019 | Outcome of #ECDD41 on Cannabis. World Health Organization acknowledges medical use of Cannabis after 60 years of denial.
Press statement – WHO Cannabis Review non-outcome
Vienna, UN headquarters, 7th December 2018. World Health Organization (WHO) much anticipated release of findings of two year scientific assessment of Cannabis leaves observers stunned and upset. The last assessment by WHO in 1954 fuelled global prohibition under the...
Announcement – Update of the International Cannabis Policy Conference staff
Announcement Update of the International Cannabis Policy Conference staff FAAAT discontinues any collaboration with ICACO Due to a series of unfortunate events, the International Cannabis Policy Conference 2018 has reorganized its management team. As the...
ECDD41: WHO finishes this week its historic review of Cannabis
WHO finishes this week their scientific review of cannabis, THC, CBD extracts, etc. Their conclusions could change cannabis scheduling in the drug Treaties.
Awarding the legal Cannabis industry for its sustainability
Meet entrepreneurs, visionaries, products & ideas that change the way we think about Cannabis, the way we use it, and that change policy. #cannabiSDG
Youth NGOs make their views heard on Global Drug Policy
Ahead of a Global Drug Summit in March 2019, a coalition of youth organizations address the governments of the planet: “Make drug policies with us, not on our name and against us!”
INCB: a decade of evolutions and progress
The NGO International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) is running a short series of posts called INCB Watch to explore how the International Narcotics Control Board has changed – or remained the same – over the past decade or so. This post was originally published on...
United Nations just proclaimed Universal Rights of Peasants
The UN just adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants, binding Countries to respect & protect rural needs, singularities, traditions, and knowledge.
International Cannabis Policy Conference | Vienna 2018
FAAAT launches the International Cannabis Policy Conference | Vienna, Austria | December 7-9, 2018 | #CannabiSDG | www.cannabis-conference.com
Cannabis: WHO just acknowledged historical misjudgment and heads towards global policy update
After thoroughly assessing Cannabis, THC and CBD in June, the WHO has just recognized its historical misjudgment that led to the placement of Cannabis medicines among heroin or fentanyl derivates, and will consider an international change of scheduling to adequate policies with evidence. #ECDD40
ECDD40 in Geneva: pivotal moment for global Cannabis policies
This week in Geneva for the first time ever, the WHO drugs committee has heard the voices of doctors, patients, and researchers, and started to weigh the harms and benefits of Cannabis neutrally.
40th ECDD meeting in Geneva: pivotal moment for global Cannabis policies.
This week in Geneva for the first time ever, the WHO drugs committee has heard the voices of doctors, patients, and researchers, and started to weigh the harms and benefits of Cannabis neutrally.
Press release: WHO & Cannabis – 40th ECDD meeting
PRESS RELEASE • Cannabis policy reform: Activists from all continents converge in Geneva – Historical day inside of the World Health Organization.
Human Rights violations in the name of Drug Control: contribution to UN Human Rights
57 years of Global and Systematic Human Rights violations in the name of #DrugControl: Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law.
![[VIDEO] Hepatitis C among people who use drugs, Governments & the UN.](https://i0.wp.com/faaat.net/wp-content/uploads/HEPCevent.png?resize=734%2C553&ssl=1)
[VIDEO] Hepatitis C among people who use drugs, Governments & the UN.
FAAAT co-hosted, last March at the United Nations, a consensus conference where governments and representative of drug users discussed the global state of Hepatitis C and recommendations raised from the practice. Video and track record.
Crimson paper #3. The review(s).
Pre & Critical reviews: insights into the processes of the WHO scientific abuse liability assessment for drugs.
Cannabis review by the WHO: all you need to know
In 2018 for the first time, the World Health Organization is assessing the medical uses and harms of Cannabis, and will recommend the suitable classification to be applied internationally. We promote an objective and independent assessment, that recognizes and acknowledges modern research on Cannabis. Support us!
Major shift in global drug policies: the Human Rights Council catches up with the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Last month, the main UN body on drugs self-disqualified, leaving room for UN Human Rights organs to increase influence over global drug policies.
Will modern drug policies come from Norway?
The Norwegian Association for Safer Drug Policies, FAAAT and 20 policymakers and stakeholders from 10 countries recalled that Norway should be a model for the rest of the world’s drug policy reforms.
![[VIDEO] Hierarchy of norms: Human rights vs. drug control. #LegalRegulations](https://i0.wp.com/faaat.net/wp-content/uploads/EVENT2-COVER-ENG.png?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
[VIDEO] Hierarchy of norms: Human rights vs. drug control. #LegalRegulations
#LegalRegulations • Do the Drug Conventions really forbid legal regulations? We ask properly the question to key experts: Is it allowed to legalize drugs?
After UNGASS: the Way Forward for UN Drug Strategies
Statement delivered to the 6th Intersessional meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, about the “way forward and preparations for the 62nd session of the CND in 2019” on November 16th, 2017.
A crowdfunding to support our action at WHO
Crimson paper #2. The committee.
The crimson papers are a series of short documents aimed at sharing knowledge regarding the process of scheduling plants, medicines and substances within the international drug control treaty framework.
Crimson paper #1. The schedules.
The crimson papers are a series of short documents aimed at sharing knowledge regarding the process of scheduling plants, medicines and substances within the international drug control treaty framework.
European Parliament: designing a future for drug policies in urban areas
In the European Parliament, representatives of municipal and national governments, decision makers, law enforcement, civil society, people who use drugs, harm reduction and treatment providers, and academics have been focusing together on substance use in the urban environment, and exchanging experiences on evidence-informed policies to best mitigate drug-related harms.
Morocco & cannabis: civil society gets organized to prepare the post-prohibition.
In Chefchaouen, on Avril 30, 2017, an international symposium focused on development and growth perspectives for the cannabis-growing areas in the Moroccan Riff region. The meeting gathered local civil society with experts, academics and various stakeholders from Morocco as well as France, Spain or Germany.
Tidbits from the United Nations lobbies, 60th Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Four simple questions about present and future drug policies were asked to stakeholders attending the 60th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Their answers in videos.
Legal Regulations – series of events on a positive, constructive and consensual future for drug policies
Legal Regulations – series of events on a positive, constructive and consensual future for drug policies
After UNGASS 2016, let’s release hemp to achieve the SDGs
In January 23rd 2017 Hanka Gabrielová, an associate FAAAT advocate from the Czech NGO Konopa, delivered the following statement during an hearing of civil society by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, gathered for an inter-sessional meeting of its 60th session....
Canada: Final recommendations of the Task Force on Cannabis Regulation
The final report of the Canadian Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, issued on November 30th 2016, is the product of broad consultations within the Canadian society.
Reassessing substances: a proposed reading of the UNGASS 2016 outcome document
FAAAT submitted a contribution to the post-UNGASS 2016 thematic debates organized by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, on October 2016. This contribution has been posted online on the website of the UNODC and can be downloaded here.
The UNGASS 2016 outcome document and the Critical review process
CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT UNGASS 2016 OUTCOME DECLARATION AND THE CRITICAL REVIEW OF CANNABIS & CANNABIS RESIN The public health dimension of the world drug problem has been widely debated during the special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the...
Actions à la 69ème Assemblée Mondiale de la Santé
Résumé des actions du do-tank FAAAT à la 69ème Assemblée Mondiale de la Santé à Genève, du 23 au 28 mai 2016.
Towards an evidence-based approach to drug policies : the Critical review of Cannabis
The Critical Review is the...
Conference « Introduction to Cannabis Social Clubs » at the UN
Cannabis Social Club: a social, ethic, human-scale and health-based model addressing the misuse, abuse and potential damages due to cannabis use while countering the unregulated growth of cannabis supply.
UNGASS 2016 : Civil Society joint declaration.
Over 200 civil society groups from all over the world have today released a statement condemning governments for failing to acknowledge the devastating consequences of punitive and repressive drug policies as they prepare for a UN summit on the issue next month.
Cannabis Social Club • Policy for the XXIst century
Cannabis Social Club : a social, ethic, human-scale and health-based model addressing the misuse, abuse and potential damages due to cannabis use while countering the unregulated growth of cannabis supply. Authors: Farid Ghehiouèche, Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli....
Thematic Paper #1 • Booster shots of an international political History of drugs.
This first document of the series of Thematic Papers provides initial paths for comprehension of the political history of the international drug control system, which only managed to cause the opposite effects to its purposes.
