To meet our commitment on gender equality UNODC South Asia joined hands with Alliance India National AIDS Control Organisation on 3rd National Transgender Summit focusing on substance abuse, HIV & transgender person’s healthcare in prisons. #LeaveNoOneBehind #prisonhealth

Pleased to meet Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra DFS at #CND67 .

India is an important global actor & long-standing partner of UN Office on Drugs & Crime in addressing drug challenges in South Asia.

Keen to strengthen our partnership further on drug prevention & tackling illicit drug flows.

It was truly an enriching experience to be part of this regional consultative meeting focusing on reducing female prison population and enhancing gender-responsive imprisonment. UNODC South Asia Marco Teixeira Suruchi PANT

Mr. Virendra Mittal, Commissioner and Secretary, Assam Social Justice Department & UN Office on Drugs & Crime South Asia's Criminal Justice Expert Seema Joshi shared critical insights.

The training will empower and enable experts to further spread knowledge and skills in their communities!

With an aim to impart essential knowledge & skills to LE officials both to protect themselves & provide an enabling environment for key population to access #HIV services UNODC South Asia organized a training for #prison #police based on the LE manual on Drugs & HIV Fariba Soltani

👩‍⚖️ UNODC South Asia Criminal Justice Expert Seema Joshi reflected on the training's purpose – enhancing law enforcement officials' capacity to provide evidence-informed and gender-sensitive #HIV & harm reduction services. Thanks to Dr. Upneet, ICA Chandigarh for the support.

Exciting virtual participation at SEACON NCD-2024 hosted by World NCD Federation & National Resource Centre. Advocated UN Office on Drugs & Crime’s health-centric, rights-based & gender-responsive approaches to tackle the drug problem, aligning with SDG3. Such knowledge sharing & cooperation is key!

Deepest gratitude for your leadership GhadaFathiWaly which supports UN Office on Drugs & Crime mission of empowering young people to #RiseUp4Peace
Shoutout Samarth Pathak & edu partners incl. ParamjeetKaurDhillon & KNPS Phagwara India for efforts championing education #SDG16 . Sanjay Kumar United Nations in India Shombi Sharp

Check out UNODC South Asia's 'Highlights of 2023': Reflecting on a year of steering impactful initiatives in #SouthAsia !

Read: t.ly/4ZK4y 📰

We remain committed to advancing justice, health & the rule of law in 🇧🇩🇧🇹🇮🇳🇲🇻🇳🇵🇱🇰, leaving no one behind. Onwards & upwards!

As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, let us remember it is not just a historical document, but a testament to our shared humanity.

Here's a glimpse of our commitment to uphold human rights into the future:

unodc.org/unodc/en/human…

🌐Out Now: UN Office on Drugs & Crime South Asia's Odyssey (Nov 2023)

🔍In Focus:
✅Equipping law enforcement with tools
✅Addressing HIV/AIDS among drug users
✅Promoting drug use prevention & treatment
✅Advancing #AccesstoJustice
✅Championing community-driven #PVE

Read: t.ly/jqFV1

Speaking at the UNFPA Geneva Representation Office webinar series, Sven Pfeiffer from UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice emphasised @UNODC’s commitment to supporting women and girls in detention facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. #16DaysOfActivism Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/

It was a pleasure to be part of this important discussion on violence against women and girls in detention & share the work done by UNODC South Asia for women detainees within the region. Marco Teixeira Suruchi PANT

In a webinar by UNFPA on accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women & girls in detention, Sven Pfeiffer & myself highlighted the role of @unodc in preventing #GBV in prisons as a custodian of the UN standards & norms on crime prevention & criminal justice.

At a UNFPAGeneva webinar on eliminating violence against women & girls, UN Office on Drugs & Crime's Seema Joshi & Sven Pfeiffer will join a distinguished panel sharing good practices to address gender-based violence in detention settings.

👉Today, 05 Dec | 3 pm (CET) | t.ly/5taey

Two days of enriching discussions from Global South on access to legal aid UN Office on Drugs & Crime is committed to strengthening equal access to⚖️for all. Honored to speak at the #RLAC2023 on strengthening inclusive people- centered #legalaid #access2justice #SDG16 #LeaveNoOneBehind

Cooperation matters!

UNODC's Marco Teixeira & Jayant Misra are participating in DRI Ministry of Finance's🇮🇳 Global Conference on Cooperation in Enforcement Matters #GCCEM2023 . We stand committed to enhance law enforcement capacities/responses on countering drugs & organized crime.💪

Glad to meet Shri Saurabh Garg, Secretary Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, GOI 🇮🇳to discuss collaboration on drug demand reduction in India, focusing on a balanced and comprehensive approach to the #drug problem.  UN Office on Drugs & Crime stands committed to advance our partnership with the Govt. of India in this direction!