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

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

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)

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.

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.

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.

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!”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.