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Closed to Reason: The International Narcotics Board and HIV/AIDS

Date:
February 2007
Source:
OSI
Author:
Joanne Csete and Daniel Wolfe

In this report on the International Narcotics Control Board, a secretive UN-funded body responsible for monitoring compliance with the UN drug conventions, Daniel Wolfe, OSI International Harm Reduction Development Deputy Director, and Joanne Csete, Executive Director of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, detail the ways in which the Board rejects scientific evidence and expert legal analyses, praises governments that violate human rights, and stresses drug control at the expense of public health, blocking evidence-based efforts to address the epidemic of HIV among injecting drug users. Closed to Reason offers recommendations to increase the Board's accountability and transparency and to make it an effective part of the international response to HIV/AIDS.

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Related Press Release

New Report Finds International Narcotics Control Board Blocks Effective HIV Prevention Among Drug Users
Press Release
February 27, 2007
The UN-funded body responsible for monitoring compliance with UN drug conventions is blocking effective efforts to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic, says a report by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and OSI.

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