About us
The Rome Consensus for a Humanitarian Drug policy is a framework for dialogue and cooperation that commits 119 National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe to promote and implement humanitarian approaches to drug policy. The Rome Consensus aims at raising the profile of drug policy to the forefront of social concerns, hinging formulation and implementation of drug control on public health concerns.
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The Declaration
 The foundation text of the Rome Consensus reinforces the Red Cross - Red Crescent Movement’s engagement in drug policy. In a nutshell, within the Rome Consensus Declaration National Societies:
- Recognize the need for a new humanitarian, realistic, public health and socially based drug policy;
- Establish a new commitment to a humanitarian drug policy based on reason and compassion that generates action, free from ideology, force, stigmatization and discrimination;
- Commit the strength of the Red Cross - Red Crescent Movement provided by its auxiliary role to national governments on humanitarian assistance, to actively encourage the formulation and implementation of a humanitarian drug policy that saves lives and alleviates human suffering.
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There are currently 119 National Societies Signatories, as of January 2009:
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Europe -30-
Americas -31-
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Asia & Oceania -21-
- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- China ...
Middle East -10-
Africa -23-
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Vert...
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[Complete list of signatories]
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Recent Events
Rome Consensus Europe Conference: Rising to the Challenge of Drug Use in Europe, Madrid - 26 and 27 March 2009
The Rome Consensus Europe Conference, Raising to the Challenge of Drug Use in Europe brought together National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent in Europe, European Union (EU) institution representatives and other leading practitioners to exchange best practices in prevention, treatment and care, and explore concrete ways for National Societies to contribute to drug policy responses in Europe.
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Rome Consensus Regional Meeting for Eastern and Southern Africa – Entebbe, Uganda 4-5 July 2008
The Rome Consensus Regional Meeting for Eastern and Southern Africa gathered Presidents and Secretary Generals from Red Cross National Societies from the region to discuss the drug policy situation in Southern and Eastern Africa and the Red Cross – Red Crescent engagement in Humanitarian Drug Policy.
Red Cross – Red Crescent World Congress on Humanitarian Drug Policy – Barcelona, Spain 5-7 March 2008
The Red Cross- Red Crescent World Congress on Humanitarian Drug Policy was hosted by the Spanish Red Cross with the support of The International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) in Barcelona on 5-7 March 2008. The Congress, with the participation of over sixty National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent, aimed to engage the whole RC/RC movement in the formulation and implementation of humanitarian approaches to global drug policy.
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