Release’s Response to Mayor of London’s Police and Crime Plan
This document was submitted to the Mayor of London’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) in response to their January 2022 consultation on the proposed Police and Crime Plan, 2021-25.
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Submission to the Crime and Policing Bill
Our submission sought to oppose some of the measures within the proposed Bill, arguing that they would increase social harms, criminalise vulnerable communities, and are ineffective or redundant. Criminalising aspects of sex work (NC1 and NC2): We argued that criminalising aspects of sex work, such as the purchase of sex (NC2) and the facilitation of…
Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Our joint submission with Harm Reduction International (HRI), the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) and Radical Acts to Survive (RATS) addresses the critical issue of drug-related deaths in the UK and responds specifically to Question 37 of the Committee’s inquiries. It also highlights the alarming increase in drug-related fatalities in the UK, particularly driven by…
Submission to Joint Committee on Human Rights on Drug Testing on Arrest
Release has submitted evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights in relation to the Criminal Justice Bill 2023. The Bill, if passed, will amend several pieces of existing legislation to allow police to subject people to a drugs test upon arrest for any drug, and in relation to an as yet unknown list of…
Release’s submission to the Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee
This written report was submitted to the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee in response to their October 2021 call for evidence regarding tackling the criminal justice aspects of the misuse of drugs.
Response to Right to Recovery Bill Consultation
Release has partnered with Cranstoun, Transform and EuroNPUD in their response to the Scottish Conservative’s December 2021 consultation on the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill which is being proposed within the Scottish Parliament as a potential act of law. While the focus on recovery and its potential motivations are laudable, many questions remain in its zero-tolerance perspective…
