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About the InternAtIonAl hArm reductIon AssocIAtIon And hr2
The International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) is one o the leading internationalnon-governmental organisations promoting policies and practices that reduce theharms rom all psychoactive substances, harms which include not only the increasedvulnerability to HIV and hepatitis C inection among people who use drugs, but alsothe negative social, health, economic and criminal impacts o illicit drugs, alcohol andtobacco on individuals, communities and society. A key principle o IHRA’s approach isto support the engagement o people and communities afected by drugs and alcoholaround the world in policy-making processes, including the voices and perspectiveso people who use illicit drugs.In 2007, IHRA established HR2, the Harm Reduction & Human Rights Monitoring andPolicy Analysis Programme. HR2 leads the organisation’s programme o research andadvocacy on the development o harm reduction programmes and human rightsprotections or people who use drugs in all regions o the world.IHRA is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Councilo the United Nations.
About the Author
Rick Lines is the Senior Policy Advisor at IHRA, where he leads the Harm Reduction& Human Rights Monitoring and Policy Analysis Programme (HR2). Rick has beenworking proessionally in HIV/AIDS and harm reduction issues since 1993 withnon-governmental organisations in North America and Europe, and is knowninternationally or his work on HIV/AIDS, harm reduction and drug policy in prisons.He has travelled to many countries working on HIV/AIDS and prison projects, andhas held advisory roles on HIV/harm reduction with the prison services in Canada,Romania and Bulgaria. He regularly speaks and publishes internationally, and is the co-author o the international ramework or addressing HIV/AIDS in prisons, published jointly by UNODC, WHO and UNAIDS in 2006. Rick holds Masters Degrees in bothSociology and International Human Rights Law.
HR2 | Harm Reducti on& HumanRi ghts
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences:
The Death Penalty or Drug Ofences:
A Violation o International Human Rights Law
Rick Lines© 007 International Harm Reduction Association
ISBN 978-0-9557754-0-6 This report was produced by HR, the Harm Reduction and Human Rights Monitoring andPolicy Analysis Programme o the International Harm Reduction Association.
Acknowledgements:
The author would like to thank Proessor William A. Schabas, Director o the Irish Centre orHuman Rights at the National University o Ireland, Galway or his comments on an earlydrat o this report. Thanks also to Proessor Gerry Stimson, Catherine Cook, Damon Barrettand Jamie Bridge at IHRA or their comments and eedback.
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