Promoting Humane Drug Policy in Eastern Europe & Central Asia
ABOUT THE PROJECT
This exciting new project in partnership with the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation, and Harm Reduction International, builds on strategic human rights litigation around…
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MEET THE APPLICANTS: Kurmanayevskiy et al v The Russian Federation
People who use drugs in Russia face a range of social, legal and economic barriers to access health services, particularly in the treatment of their drug dependence. Despite the overwhelming body…
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CASE INFORMATION SHEET: Kurmanayevskiy et al v Russia
This case information sheet summarises the key arguments and facts related to the three cases currently pending at the European Court of Human Rights against Russia's current legal ban of…
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OST FACT SHEET: The European & International Evidence Base
Opioid substitution treatment (OST) provides people who use heroin or other opioids with a medication to treat and stabilise opioid dependence. The most commonly used medications for treatment are…