November 19, 2009
Presentation given by Dr Alex Wodak, President, ADLRF, to the International Drug Law Reform Conference, Albuquerque, United States, 13 November 2009.
Download the Albuquerque Presentation here (pdf).
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Ban Ki-Moon
In addition to criminalizing HIV transmission, many countries impose criminal sanctions for same-sex sex, commercial sex and drug injection. Such laws constitute major barriers to reaching key populations with HIV services. Those behaviours should be decriminalized, and people addicted to drugs should receive health services for the treatment of their addiction’.
For example, in Eastern Europe, people who inject drugs represent more than 80 per cent of all people living with HIV but account for less than 25 per cent of those receiving antiretroviral treatment.
Progress made in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
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