Promoting compassionate governance

Preventing intense suffering

The Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering (OPIS) is a think-and-do tank promoting a shift in global decision-making priorities towards the prevention and alleviation of the intense suffering of all sentient beings.

COMPASSIONATE GOVERNANCE

We develop and communicate guiding principles for compassionate governance and systemic change, so that the prevention and alleviation of intense suffering are given highest priority.

SOLUTIONS TO SUFFERING

We promote effective, evidence-based solutions to specific causes of suffering.

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  • OPIS Advocates at UN Human Rights Council for Access to Morphine

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    Jonathan Leighton

    Millions of children and adults in low- and middle- income countries, inflicted with terminal or life-threatening illnesses and suffering from severe physical pain, are unable to access morphine, an effective treatment that is easy and inexpensive to produce. As a call to action to address this devastating but solvable situation, on 14 March 2018 OPIS…

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