2) to promote just responses to drug offenders. 3) to lead in providing advice and expertise to policy makers and officials globally. Ms. Lai informed the audience that IDPC employs ‘the Global Drug Policy Index’ as a unique tool that documents, measures and compares national drugs policies. According to her, the Global Drug Policy Index provides each country with a score and ranking that shows how much their drug policies and their implementation align with the UN principles of human rights, health, and development. The Index is composed of 75 indicators running across five broad dimensions of drug policy, such as the absence of extreme responses, the proportionality of the criminal justice response, health and harm reduction, access to controlled medicines and development. Ms. Lai reiterated that it is important to note that the index also provides information on whether the State's current policies are in-line with the UN Common Position on Drugs 2018. It will help the State to determine her advocacy process, research, and policy reforms. The index evaluates the extent of human rights violations for e.g by police and in detention centres. It also can be used to analyse the impact of the drug policy on specific groups such as women, ethnic groups and low-income groups, the criminal justice system, access to harm reduction and controlled medicine. The data would help the State to take alternative measures during the arrest, prosecution, conviction and/or punishment of drug related offences. 7.3 Mr. Ko Bo Kyi, Joint Secretary, Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Mr.Ko Bo Kyi talked about his experiences being involved in prison reform and of being in prison for 7 Years and was exiled. In Burma, there is no government. Most of the people are in prison. The detainees do not go for trial, and they are not represented by a lawyer. Burma needs a constitution, and the military is the law. This is the greatest challenge in Burma. The MPs, students, etc are in prison. There are no human rights for prisoners. There is not enough food and overcrowding, any small spaces in the prison. This has also contributed to the spread of dangerous diseases in the prison. Prison has also become a place for serial killers, mafia and gangsters. On the other hand, Burma also has not ratified many of the international treaties related to human rights. The military has banned the civil society organisations and media to maintain their power. The military does not want people to know what they have done in the prison. Every day, people conduct peaceful demonstrations to show their protest. There is no oversight mechanism in prisons in Burma. The NHRI's role is also not visible to ensure the human rights in prison is protected. He expressed his opinion that the military should cooperate with civil society; and work together to improve the prison situation. 68