HIV, HCV, TB and Harm Reduction in Prisons: Human Rights, Minimum Standards and Monitoring at the European and International Levels (2016)
This report identifies some of the most important human rights and public health standards relating to HIV, hepatitis C virus, tuberculosis and harm reduction in prisons, demonstrating the indivisibility and interdependence of the right to health and the freedom from torture and ill treatment. A review of the mandates and working practice of European and international human rights-based prison monitoring mechanisms highlights that they are in a unique position to consider these issues, but this is not yet occurring in a systematic or comprehensive way.
Monitoring HIV, HCV, TB and Harm Reduction in prisons: A Human Rights-Based Tool to Prevent Ill Treatment (2016)
This tool was developed to assist prison monitoring bodies in generating better informed, more consistent and sustained monitoring of issues relating to HIV, hepatitis C virus, tuberculosis and harm reduction in prisons.
Global state of harm reduction (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
This publication maps global data and responses to HIV and hepatitis C epidemics related to unsafe injecting and non-injecting drug use.
Cause for alarm: the incarceration of women for drug offences in Europe and central Asia, and the need for legislative and sentencing reform (2012)
This report collates figures on the incarceration of women in Europe, which highlights a growing problem, and identifies areas for further research.
Thematic briefings on human rights and drug policy (2010)
These briefings provide a basic overview of some of the core human rights issues related to drug control efforts, including harm reduction in detention, and show how they are connected.
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2010
This provides an updated review of the status of the death penalty for drugs worldwide, with a particular focus on national legislation and state practice.
