{"id":18068,"date":"2019-09-12T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T19:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aidslaw.ca\/site\/?p=18068"},"modified":"2022-09-25T21:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T01:48:57","slug":"joint-written-statement-on-limitations-to-judicial-independence-in-the-context-of-drug-control","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/joint-written-statement-on-limitations-to-judicial-independence-in-the-context-of-drug-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint written statement on Limitations to Judicial Independence in The Context of Drug Control"},"content":{"rendered":"Harm Reduction International and supporting organisations welcome the Report by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, as well as his March 2019 statement (co-authored with the Special Rapporteur on the right to health) on drug courts; which warned against the dangers of drug courts as manifestations of the abuse of the criminal justice system as a tool of drug control.<\/p>\n
We wish to take this opportunity to comment upon other aspects of a criminal justice response to drugs which limit independence and autonomy of judges.<\/p>\n