Expert Seminars

Cannabis Regulation and the UN Drug Control Treaties

2018-03-07T15:14:09+00:00

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

2016-01-25T15:38:27+00:00

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

2016-01-20T16:30:31+00:00

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

2015-07-03T14:22:58+00:00

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

2014-12-22T13:54:47+00:00

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

2015-02-10T12:35:49+00:00

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

2014-08-04T11:28:37+00:00

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

2013-12-16T11:29:14+00:00

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

2015-01-27T16:15:19+00:00

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?

2013-10-04T12:20:37+00:00

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"

2014-05-09T10:07:36+00:00

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

2012-06-22T12:41:02+00:00

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

2012-01-24T13:52:33+00:00

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

2011-06-24T16:55:00+00:00

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

2011-07-12T07:42:04+00:00

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

2011-05-03T14:58:16+00:00

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

2011-09-06T22:59:36+00:00

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

2011-05-03T10:58:42+00:00

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

2013-02-27T12:20:33+00:00

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 ...