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CCPCJ31 Online Side Event: Decisive action to reform laws that criminalise poverty and status
CCPCJ31 Online Side Event: Decisive action to reform laws that criminalise poverty and status
Friday 20 May, 13.10 Vienna (07.10 New York / 18.10 Bangkok)
Interpretation available in French and Portuguese.
Interpretation available in French and Portuguese.
Speakers:
Opening remarks: Rachel Rossi, Deputy Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Judge Motsamai Makume, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Legal Aid South Africa and Judge of the High Court of South Africa, South Gauteng Division
Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Dominique Day, Chair of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Nathalia Oliveira, Co-founder, Black Initiative for a New Drug Policy, Brazil
Dr. Janeille Zorina Matthews, Lecturer in Law, University of the West Indies
Moderated by: Jennifer Smith, Executive Director, International Legal Foundation
Co-organised by Ghana, Mexico, South Africa, the United States, Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and Status, International Drug Policy Consortium, International Legal Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Penal Reform International, African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum, Community Advice Offices South Africa, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section.
