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Joint Statement to United Nations Human Rights Council, 12th Session re: Update by High Commissioner for Human Rights
“Thank you Mr. President, and Madam High Commissioner, for your update. The articulation of a broad range of human rights violations, in countries and regions around the world, is a sobering reminder that the Council must redouble its efforts to address all human rights situations, wherever they occur.”
Collective response re: Bill C-15 on Mandatory Minimum Sentences – Organizations and Experts Across the Country Decry a Damaging Step in the Wrong Direction
“As front-line organizations, researchers and experts who work with people who use drugs, we are opposed to Bill C-15, an Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.”
Clean Switch: The Case for Prison Needle and Syringe Programs in Canada
Harm reduction measures aimed at preventing HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in prisons are neither new nor groundbreaking in Canada. Prison systems have implemented, to varying degrees, forms of harm reduction such as condoms, bleach and methadone maintenance treatment. However, as of September 2008, no Canadian jurisdiction had established a prison-based needle and … Read more