Youth, women and affected communities should included in the design of #Drugpolicy . Zaved Mahmood calling for the empowerment of vulnerable groups in decision making at #ReimaginingJustice

His Excellency Alfred Granas gives a Keynote Address at the #ReimaginingJustice Conference in Islamabad today Alfred Grannas

#drugpolicy #drugpolicy reform #sdg16

Side Event by Legal Aid & Justice Authority (LAJA), on 'Effective Legal Representation for Drug-Related Offences' moderated by Muhammad Ahmad Pansota is underway #reimaginingjustice #drugpolicy #drugpolicy reform #sdg16

'We will develop a robust legal mechanism, and part of it will ensure that petty drug offences do not turn into drawn out, damaging criminal cases which ruin the user's life' - Dr Raheem Awan (DG, LAJA) #Reimaginingjustice #drugpolicy #drugpolicy reform

Opening by EU Ambassador @rkionka of the conference ‘Reimagining Justice: Public Health and Human Rights Centred Drug Policy' organized by Justice Project Pakistan. Concrete reforms were proposed by Minister of Law &Justice Federal Minister for Law and Justice Tarar and Justice Shah of the Supreme Court

Day one of the Reimagining Justice conference concludes with powerful discussions and insights paving the way for #drugpolicyreform !
The conference was launched with opening remarks by Sarah Belal (Executive Director, JPP) and our esteemed speakers, including Mr. Azam Nazeer

Drug policies must be health-based and respect human rights. Riina Kionka kicks off #Reimaginingjustice conference by calling for a needs-based approach to addressing the global drug problem

Justice Shah recommends probation and rehabilitation approaches to reform the criminal Justice response to drugs in #Pakistan

Drug control policies have had a disproportionate impact on youth and women, led to prison overcrowding, and arbitrary executions. Zaved Mahmood presents the OHCHR report on human rights challenges in addressing the global drug problem #reimaginingjustice #drugpolicy

Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) is set to host 'Reimagining Justice: Public Health and Human Rights Centred Drug Policy', the first-ever national conference on drug policy reform, from 23-25 April in Islamabad. The conference will convene high-level stakeholders from the Federal

Ministers, judges, UN, health and policy folks across Asia are meeting in #Islamabad (22 - 25 April) to reimagine #drugpolicy Punishment and control have failed. Drug use is rising. The solution: evidence-based policies adv people’s health needs dawn.com/news/1828560/d…

Stakeholders from the Federal and Provincial Government, ministers, members of the judiciary, diplomatic missions, prominent domestic and regional civil society organisations, journalists and UN experts will convene in Islam­a­bad from April 23-25 to drive the momentum in tr

Publication Alert 📢
My article on attitudes towards wife beating just got published!
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Thank you Krystal Ball for breaking down my report 'Anatomy of a Genocide'.

Guyana’s President President Dr Irfaan Ali tore Stephen Sackur a new one…without fear or favour 😬

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🧵 Get. This. Deceit.

On Wed, Matt Miller, in response to a question from me about if the State Dept recognized that the Geneva Conventions applied to the occupied Palestinian territories, proclaimed: “We of course accept the Geneva Conventions” -- I said thanks and moved on...

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State Dept official resigns “over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses”.

In particular, she says the Biden Admin is in violation of the Leahy Act.

A historic end to #CND67 with the breaking of the Vienna consensus & first #HarmReduction resolution adopted. Privileged to see so many countries speak out this week on the importance of harm reduction - a historic shift for evidence based #DrugPolicy 🙌🙌🙌