The Fourth Regional Dialogue on the Implementation of the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy took place virtually on the 6th and 7th of December 2022, bringing together more than 80 participants from Sub-Saharan Africa from governments, international and regional organisations, national human rights institutions, civil society, and academia to discuss how to move forward with the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy (the Guidelines) in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
The two-day meeting was co-hosted by the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy at the University of Essex, the United Nations Development Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development implemented on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, the Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS, ENDA Santé, and the Civil Society Institute for HIV and Health in West and Central Africa.
The objectives of this Dialogue, which is part of a series of regional consultations focusing on the implementation of the Guidelines, were to discuss and map out challenges and opportunities for implementing the Guidelines in national and regional settings of Sub-Saharan Africa. The Dialogue also presented the opportunity to broaden the coalition of national, regional, and international actors working to turn the Guidelines into concrete actions and help ensure their effective implementation.
Read or download the Report from the Dialogue here
