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Report prepared by Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) in partnership with Eurasian Coalition for

Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) has submitted the shadow report on Moldova for the 145 Session of the Human Rights Council (02 Mar 2026 – 19 Mar 2026).

The 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs was a watershed moment in drug policy. It brought about a rare opportunity to reconsider the global paradigm on drugs and to chart a new direction.

Shrinking civic space threatens rights, health, and safety. Join us to explore its impacts on LGBTQI+, people living with HIV, people who use drugs, and sex workers in EECA.

A joint submission to Draft General Comment No. 38 on Article 22 (Freedom of Association) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was prepared by Eurasian Harm Reduction Association – EHRA, Eurasian Coalition for Health, Rights and Sexual Diversity – ECOM, Eurasian Women’s Network on AIDS – EWNA, Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network – SWAN.

EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD) held its annual plenary meeting on 8–9 December 2025 in Brussels, bringing together civil society organisations from all around Europe, EU institutions, agencies for two days of strategic discussion.

The RESILIENT project involves ongoing monitoring of the regulatory landscape in 10 EECA countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan

On 3rd November 2025, Decree No. UP-207 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On comprehensive measures for the effective protection of public health and the nation’s gene pool from drug addiction and drug-related crime” 

In the run-up to 10 December Human Rights Day, EHRA invites you to a policy webinar on decriminalisation and its real impacts on people who use drugs in CEECA: Decriminalise! Policy Webinar under the BOOST project.

12 November 2025 the European Commission adopted the EU Strategy for Civil Society in which the challenge of shrinking civic space is well highlighted. For example the Strategy: Acknowledges that civil society needs an enabling, safe and supportive environment