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2019 International Harm Reduction Conference in Porto – All the Videos

May 8, 2019 | Author: István Gábor Takács

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We filmed the largest international harm reduction gathering to give you an insight on what is happening with this movement around the world.

We produced an 8 minute video report from the conference by interviewing participants from various parts of the world about key issues discussed at the event – watch it below!

Opening ceremony
Chaired by: Naomi Burke-Shyne, Executive Director, Harm Reduction International, and José Queiroz, Executive Director, APDES
Welcome remarks: José Queiroz, Executive Director, APDES
Keynote address: Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Speakers: Dr. Raquel Duarte, Secretary of State for Health, Portugal Professor Alexandre Quintanilha, President, Parliamentary Committee on Education and Science; Chair, Commission for the National Strategy to Combat Drugs (1998) Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite, MP, Portugal; President, UNITE – Global Parliamentarians Network Rui Coimbra Morais, Consumidores Associados Sobrevivem Organizados (CASO)
Awards Presentations: Carol and Travis Jenkins Award International Rolleston Award National Rolleston Award
Closing Keynote Speech: Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio, Former President of Portugal(1996-2016), member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy

Plenary 1: Drug Policy: The Push for Justice

Chair: Ann Fordham

Mary Chinery-Hesse, West Africa Commission on Drugs
Kristine Mendoza, StreetLawPH
Imani Robinson, Co-director, RE:GENERATE Festival 2018
Bikas Gurung, Asian Network of People Who Use Drugs

Plenary 2: Drugs and Beyond: Upholding Human Rights
Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Dejusticia
Sarah Belal, Justice Project Pakistan
Tenu Avafia, United Nations Development Programme
Nanna W Gotfredsen, Gadejuristen – The Street Lawyers

Plenary 3: People before Politics: Harm Reduction on the Frontline
Zoë Dodd, Toronto Overdose Prevention Society
Luca Stevenson, International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe
Raull Santiago, Coletivo Papo Reto
Catherine Cook, Harm Reduction International

Closing ceremony

Chaired by: Naomi Burke-Shyne, Executive Director, Harm Reduction International

Speakers: Dr. Shannon Hader, Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS Louise Vincent, Executive Director, Urban Survivors Union Prof. Carl Hart, Chair, Department of Psychology, Columbia University

Award: Brooklyn McNeil Rae of Hope Award, sponsored by the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation

Film: Rights Reporter Foundation’s Film of HR19

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Official opening press conference

Opioid press conference

Drug checking press conference

Filed Under: Articles, Video Database Topics: Drug Consumption Rooms, Harm Reduction, HIV/AIDS, Needle and syringe programs, Opiate Substitution, Overdose Prevention, Regulation and Control

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