Péter Sárosi is the Executive Director of the Rights Reporter Foundation. He is a human rights activist and drug policy expert, the founder and editor of the Drugreporter website since 2004, the author of countless articles, co-author of books and director of films about harm reduction and drug policy reform. He was the Director of the Drug Policy Program at the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union between 2004 and 2015. He is experienced in working at international drug policy forums such as the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. He was twice elected to the Core Group of the EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs. He is the co-chair of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network. He has been representing the Hungarian Harm Reduction Network at the government’s drug advisory body in Hungary since 2007. Peter also contributed to building a network of advocacy NGOs in Europe: the European Drug Policy Initiative. He provided technical assistance to several NGOs, and launched several campaigns on drug policy reform. As a member of the Drugreporter video advocacy team, he has produced videos about drug policy issues in a number of countries. These videos are now part of a unique online drug policy video library.
The Central European University and the Open Society Foundations organized a public policy debate on illicit drugs – the debate was opened by George Soros. Please watch our video!
The HCLU’s movie presents drug policies in Portugal ten years after the decriminalization of drug use – watch it and share it with your friends on Facebook!
The US drug czar claims his government is paving the way to a progressive, innovative and science-based drug policy – watch our video featuring his speech and read our blog!
Activists at the International AIDS Conference disrupt a session sponsored by the pharmaceutical giant, Roche – why did they take action? Watch the HCLU’s movie and learn more!
Without respect of the human right of people who use drugs we cannot fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic – watch our video featuring Michel Kazatchkine’s speech!
Canadian activists disrupt the speech of the Health Minister of Canada, who refuses to accept the evidence that harm reduction works – watch our new video!