Expert Seminars

Cannabis Regulation and the UN Drug Control Treaties

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:14:09 +0000

Significant cannabis policy reforms are taking place that pose considerable challenges to the international legal framework for drug control, and beg important questions regarding states’ internation ...

The Heemskerk Declaration

Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:38:27 +0000

In a global meeting small scale farmers of cannabis, coca and opium from 14 countries in Heemskerk, the Netherlands, discussed their contribution to the United Nations General Assembly Special Sessio ...

Third Myanmar Opium Farmers’ Forum

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:30:31 +0000

Current drug control polices in South-east Asia are repressive and criminalise opium farmers, greatly affecting the lives of communities cultivating opium. Most policy responses – including from some ...

International Law and Drug Policy Reform

Fri, 03 Jul 2015 14:22:58 +0000

Drug policy reform is currently higher on the international agenda than it has been in recent memory. With a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs set for 19-21 April 2016 ...

Expert Seminar: Policy Responses to Changing Markets of New Psychoactive Substance and Mild Stimulants

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:54:47 +0000

How does national legislation in different EU member states compare and how effective is the adding of new psychoactive substances (NPS) to the existing schedules of drug laws versus legislative expe ...

Expert Dialogue on Cannabis Regulation Models

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:35:49 +0000

The Expert Dialogue took place in San Sebastian and was hosted by the municipal authorities of the city. Dialogue focused on examining some regulation models currently being implemented. The event wa ...

Expert seminar: Global experiences with harm reduction for stimulants and New Psychoactive Substances

Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:28:37 +0000

The Expert Seminar on the Global Experiences with Harm Reduction for Stimulants and New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), an initiative of the Transnational Institute (TNI) and Forum Droghe, took place ...

First Southeast Asia Opium Farmers Forum

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:29:14 +0000

In July 2013 TNI and Paung Ku organised the First Southeast Asia Opium Farmers Forum, bringing together some 30 representatives of local communities involved in opium cultivation and local community ...

Expert Seminar: Costs and benefits of cannabis regulation models in Europe

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:15:19 +0000

The Transnational Institute (TNI) organized an expert seminar on Costs and Benefits of Cannabis Regulation Models in Europe in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on October 31/November 1, 2013. The objective ...

Expert Seminar: Where next for Europe on drug policy reform?

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:20:37 +0000

The expert seminar “Where next for Europe on drug policy reform?” analysed the new EU strategy on drugs and its action plan and discussed ways to improve and innovate European drug policy. The semina ...

Expert seminar: "Innovative cocaine and multi drug abuse prevention"

Fri, 09 May 2014 10:07:36 +0000

The expert seminar “Innovative cocaine and poly drug abuse prevention programme”, organized by the Forum Droghe, took place in Florence, gathering over 30 people, mainly drug addiction professionals ...

Expert Seminar on the Future of the UN Drug Conventions

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:41:02 +0000

As the debate on drug policy and law reform gathers momentum on the international stage, the failings of the three UN drug control conventions (1961, 1971 and 1988) have come into stark relief. Criti ...

Expert Seminar on Herbal Stimulants and Legal Highs

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:52:33 +0000

A grey area has emerged between what is legal and what is not as states struggle with how to respond to the many new synthetic compounds emerging onto the market. Of the various types of ‘Legal highs ...

Expert Seminar on Proportionality of Sentencing for Drug Offences

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:55:00 +0000

There has in recent years been a renewed interest in the principle of proportionality in sentencing policy for drug offences. There has been official analysis of the issue by the International Narcot ...

Expert Workshop on Supply-Oriented Harm Reduction

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:42:04 +0000

The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Transnational Institute (TNI) invited a group of 20 experts for a round-table discussion at the WOLA office in Washington DC . The main question ...

TNI-EMCDDA Expert Seminar on Threshold Quantities

Tue, 03 May 2011 14:58:16 +0000

A wider trend for drug law reform is arising out of a felt need to make legislation more effective and more humane. Within this trend, a number of countries have considered decriminalisation or depen ...

Expert Seminar on ATS and Harm Reduction

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:59:36 +0000

This report captures the main outcomes from an informal expert seminar on harm reduction in relation to the rising problems with the use of Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) in Southeast and East As ...

TNI Expert Seminar on the Classification of Controlled Substances

Tue, 03 May 2011 10:58:42 +0000

The classification of drugs has a profound impact on the lives and well-being of individuals across the world and where the classification is incorrect, people suffer unnecessarily. This is an issue ...

Money Laundering, Tax Evasion and Financial Regulation

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:20:33 +0000

The seminar looked at the effectiveness of the Anti Money Laundering (AML) regime that has been built over the past two decades, and the more recent attempts by states and international organisations ...