Harm Reduction International submitted this statement to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), in advance of their General Discussion on “Access to Justice”. It ‘welcomes the Committee’s decision to focus on women’s access to justice’ and raises critical issues regarding women who come in contact with states’ criminal justice systems, often for non-violent drug offences.
Citation: Harm Reduction International, ‘Drug offences, access to justice and the penalisation of vulnerability: Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Discussion on “Access to Justice”’ (2013)