The Danish parliament has voted in favour of legalizing the operation of supervised consumption rooms.

14 harm reduction and drug policy activists were trained in Budapest by the HCLU. We wish our partner trainees successful use of their newly acquired video advocacy skills in their struggle for human rights and humane drug policies!

More and more harm reduction projects are preparing for the possibility of having to shut down because of the uncertainty on the future  

One of the worst negative consequences of the global war on drugs is stigma – watch our movie and count the costs with us!

One in four women in Central European and Central Asian prisons locked up for drug offences – according to a new study published by Harm Reduction International (HRI)

Our movie features Mr. Yuri Fedotov, the head of the UN Agency on Drug and Crime (UNODC), making an ambiguous statement on harm reduction at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) this year

The HCLU produced two movies about human rights lawyers who met at a meeting in Copenhagen.

Our movie features the UN drug czar urging Asian governments to close down forced detention centers and provide access to evidence-based treatment instead

Watch our movie on the Andrey Rylkov Foundation and support their fight for survival!

Last time, we reported that Portugal is facing a very difficult situation due to the economic and financial crisis. The government claims that austerity measures must be introduced because of the international commitments of the country, and as a consequence, funding for harm reduction services has been cut back significantly. Although funding is still a huge problem (mostly because payments are late and NGOs are forced to close projects), the strong and coordinated advocacy efforts of civil society organizations seem to be bearing fruit.