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Th Dath Palty or Drug Oc
Global Ovrviw 2010
Patrick Gallahue and Rick Lines© 2010 International Harm Reduction AssociationISBN 978-0-9557754-9-9
Thi rport wa producd by th Huma Right Programm o th Itratioal HarmRductio Aociatio.
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This report owes a debt o gratitude to a number o people who took time to comment on the text and sharetheir ideas.Proessor Roger Hood, Proessor William A. Schabas and Proessor David T. Johnson are leading internationaldeath penalty scholars and provided valuable advice and input on earlier drats o this report. We would also liketo thank Proessor Hood or kindly contributing the report’s Foreword.Various NGOs and individuals gave advice and assistance and generously shared data and/or expertise, includingIbrahim Al Mugaiteeb rom the Human Rights First Society in Saudi Arabia; Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam romIran Human Rights; Taghreed Jaber rom Penal Reorm International; Proessor Peter Hodgkinson rom the Centreor Capital Punishment Studies; Danthong Breen rom the Union or Civil Liberty in Thailand; Nasser Amin o theArab Center or the Independence o the Judiciary and the Legal Proession and the researchers rom HumanRights Watch, Amnesty International, the Death Penalty Inormation Center in the United States and the TaiwanAlliance to End the Death Penalty.Thanks also to our colleagues at IHRA, Gerry Stimson, Damon Barrett and Catherine Cook.Designed by Mark JoyceCopy-edited by Jennier ArmstrongPrinted in London by Club Le PrintPublished by
Itratioal Harm Rductio Aociatio
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About th Itratioal Harm Rductio Aociatio
The International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) is one o the leading international non-governmental organisations promoting policies and practices that reduce the harms rom allpsychoactive substances, harms which include not only the increased vulnerability to HIV andhepatitis C inection among people who use drugs, but also the negative social, health, economicand criminal impacts o illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco on individuals, communities and society. Akey principle o IHRA’s approach is to support the engagement o people and communities aectedby drugs and alcohol around the world in policy-making processes, including the voices andperspectives o people who use illicit drugs.IHRA is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council o the UnitedNations.This report was produced by IHRA’s Human Rights Programme.
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