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The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have laid bare the structural inequities within and across societies. Like healthcare, housing and criminal justice, drug policy too bears the marks of racism and colonialism. The brunt of punitive and prohibitive drug policies has long been borne by indigenous people and people of color across the world. How are these policies being challenged globally? Can decriminalization and legalization undo the harms of racist and imperialist drug wars? What does a truly decolonized global drug policy look like? Join a panel of speakers from the US, Latin America and Asia to discuss these questions, and to imagine a fair and just future for drug policy.
Panelists:
• Rev. Charles Boyer, Founding Director, Salvation and Social Justice
• Isabel Pereira, Drug Policy Research Coordinator, DeJusticia
• Ricky Gunawan, Program Officer—Asia, Global Drug Policy Program, Open Society Foundations
Moderated by Kasia Malinowska, Director of the Global Drug Policy Program at Open Society Foundations and part-time lecturer at The New School.
Presented by the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs at the Schools of Public Engagement and the Global Drug Program at the Open Society Foundations.
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Isabel Pereira is the research coordinator of the Drug Policy area of the Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia), focusing on the impacts of drug policy on human rights. She is a member of the Research Consortium for Drugs and the Law (CEDD), and the regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean for the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC).
Ricky Gunawan is an Indonesian human rights lawyer with over 14 years of experience in advocacy, strategic litigation, legal empowerment, and campaigns. Prior to joining Open Society, Ricky co-founded and is former Director of Community Legal Aid Institute (LBHM), based in Jakarta. Ricky is also a member of the UNAIDS Reference Group for Human Rights.
Kasia Malinowska is the director of the Global Drug Policy Program at the Open Society Foundations, which promotes drug policies rooted in human rights, social justice, and public health. She previously led the Open Society’s International Harm Reduction Development program, which supports the health and human rights of people who use drugs.
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