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Ryan Peck, HALCO executive director / lawyer, addresses HIV stigma and criminalization in the legal context in an article in the Law

The relentlessness of these prosecutions is stunning: with more than 200 cases documented to date, Canada has one of the highest rates of HIV criminalization in the world.

Unscientific, unhealthy and unjust: that's the state of HIV criminalization in Canada, as people living with HIV are being unfairly prosecuted for some of the most serious offences in our law.

Perhaps the criminalization in other countries of the inexplicable business model used by the vast majority of American «financial advisors» will serve as an example of what real reform looks like and suggest to Americans that financial advice is in fact not «free,» that financial advisors are actually true professionals, and that it's infinitely safer for your wallet and better for your peace of mind to be invoiced by your advisor and never have to wonder if you got good advice or just a good sales pitch.

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Instead of openly challenging the criminalization of Christian missions and evangelism in Muslim contexts, we have engaged in undercover and underhand missions.

Furthermore, as I became more involved in the feminist conversation (some feminists are pro-life, of course, but many are pro-choice), I began to understand some of the arguments against the criminalization of abortion, like that banning abortion does not necessarily reduce the abortion rate, that enforcing a ban on all abortions would be impossible, and that women would likely seek out abortions through unsafe, illegal procedures anyway.

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

And in 2011, two prominent political figures were assassinated for their stances against the criminalization of blasphemy.

His goals, as he stated in an open letter to the Russian people that he posted in 2007 and continues to bring up on his blog, include the criminalization of the advocacy of hom.ose.xuality and training doctors, psychologists, and therapists to help LGBT people «recover.»

In particular it notes General Recommendation No. 24 which «established that the criminalization of medical practices which only apply to women, like abortion, constitute a violation of equal rights,» (6.5.2) and the Committee's 1999 comments to Colombia calling their abortion laws a violation of Article 12.

The implication is that male abortion does not exist and thus can not be criminalized, therefore any criminalization of abortion is only the criminalization of female abortion, and thus discriminatory and in violation of CEDAW Article 12.

Players are stand - ins for the people cannabis criminalization most negatively affects: Not only are they nearly 75 percent black, but former players are also disproportionately afflicted with opioid addiction.

She uses empirical research conducted in Bolivia, Sweden, the US, India, and Canada to explore and theorize shifting conditions and strategies of social change, including the criminalization of dissent, new approaches to law by social movements, and broader theoretical questions about the transformative potential of law.

Instead, it indirectly leads to a criminalization of everyone involved in sex work — obviously including sex workers themselves.

Would like to see an answer that brings up the historic use of drugs, the opium wars, the alcohol prohibition in the U.S and the subsequent criminalization of marijuana.

Robert Romanowski of Monsey explained that the town board's support was a mistake which approved the criminalization law - abiding citizens, did not address the real causes of crime, and did not express the prevailing opinion of gun owners in the town of Ramapo.

The criminalization of politics undermines our very system, and I am very disappointed in the outcome.»

By Westchester County cutting resources in this much - needed department will indeed be a threat to Public Safety to the city of Mt. Vernon and the continued criminalization of black youth.

«It is an important first step in ensuring fair enforcement practices and eliminating the unfair criminalization of communities of color that has persisted for far too long.»

The criminalization of homosexuality, found in most sub-Saharan African countries, has seen some pressure from the international community prompting accusations of bullying.

He notes, however, that in the wake of the criminalization of first - generation cathinone derivatives, new members of this drug class are being invented that will also require study.

This criminalization of drug addiction means, as Schnittker puts it, that «some inmates end up in prison at least partially because of their psychiatric disorders.»

As a result, there has been an «escalating criminalization» in the trade of ivory and rhinoceros horn, Ashe said.

How does the «criminalization of pregnancy» cause racial disparities in reproductive autonomy?

Sex, Class and Ho Daddies: The criminalization of sexually abused and exploited ghetto girls in scathing documentary.

Several Human Rights organizations working in Brazil — including Amnesty, Conectas and Article 19 — have raised serious concerns about the escalating violence and how it is being used as an excuse towards an increased criminalization of social movements.

For many of these youth, the pipeline starts early; their experiences in school with zero tolerance discipline policies have led to unnecessary criminalization of nonviolent behaviors and, in some cases, nearly tripled the occurrence of suspensions and expulsions.

Young people across the country have recently advocated against the criminalization of youth in schools, tracking, and punitive discipline policies; and in favor of gun control, LGBTQ rights, and a National Bill of Student Rights.

Students from Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights recently took to the streets to demand action on gun control and to challenge the criminalization of youth of color.

Related: Useless New York Republican idiots are blocking a Democrat sponsored bill to end the criminalization of gravity knives in New York.

We know that the current «drill and kill» testing regime, school closures, privatization, the criminalization of students of color, and the unconscionable lack of resources for schools in poor communities in particular, create and exacerbate achievement gaps between rich and poor.

In virtually every school in the country, from the most mono - racial to the most diverse, discipline practices are set up to fail students of Color, both in design and implementation, and there are dire consequences for students who «struggle with discipline problems» in our world of hyper - criminalizatioIn virtually every school in the country, from the most mono - racial to the most diverse, discipline practices are set up to fail students of Color, both in design and implementation, and there are dire consequences for students who «struggle with discipline problems» in our world of hyper - criminalizatioin the country, from the most mono - racial to the most diverse, discipline practices are set up to fail students of Color, both in design and implementation, and there are dire consequences for students who «struggle with discipline problems» in our world of hyper - criminalizatioin design and implementation, and there are dire consequences for students who «struggle with discipline problems» in our world of hyper - criminalizatioin our world of hyper - criminalization.

Your donations to the Dignity in Schools Campaign will support our work with more than 100 local member organizations in over 20 states in their campaigns to end suspensions of pre-school students, stop the criminalization and arrest of students of color, and promote positive, restorative and culturally responsive school environments.

Finally, this report will provide recommendations and approaches to increase the protective factors available to ensure that young children stay in school and reap the full benefits of early learning while simultaneously supporting schools and teachers to actively resist the criminalization of African American youth.

Her newest book, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (The New Press, 2016), explores a world of lost potential and supports the growing movement to address the policies, practices, and cultural illiteracy that push countless students out of school and into unhealthy, unstable, and often unsafe futures.

I've experienced the school - to - prison pipeline» — a term commonly used to describe the trend in which largely disadvantaged students are funneled into the criminal - justice system — «and criminalization (of students).

Progressive projects — with youth of color in the lead — are demanding living wage work, an end to handouts of public lands and public dollars that privilege the wealthy few, and a city that protects all of its residents from the perils of poverty, eviction, criminalization, deportation and violence.

Protesters continue to bird - dog Betsy DeVos, this time in Boston... Students in NYC march and call on the Mayor to stop the criminalization of Black and Latino youth... #WeChoose rallies at the U.S. Capitol.

One session will discuss restorative justice, the Chicago Uniform Discipline Code, and the role of police and the juvenile justice system in the criminalization of youth.

This unique style has spread to many countries but in Los Angeles it has faced persistent attacks whether in the form of criminalization or steep fines placed on unsanctioned murals.

Project 94 at the Museum of Modern Art in early 2011 was Olesen's first U.S. solo museum show, in which, according to Valery Oisteanu in The Brooklyn Rail, «Olesen probes homosexuality's criminalization, past and present, through the appropriation of source materials and contextual shifts.»

She co-founded the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project (PNAP), a cultural project that brings together artists, writers, and scholars in and outside Stateville prison to create public projects concerning segregation, criminalization, and incarceration.

Other programs speak to and animate the myriad issues she raises in her work, including several screenings, among them, Ava DuVernay's film «The 13th,» which links the legacy of slavery, the criminalization of African Americans, and the mass incarceration boom; book discussions about the new graphic novel «Black Panther» by Ta - Nehisi Coates; and a panel conversation about «Art, Activism, Race, and the Law.»

Criminalization and / or diagnosis of disagreement as a mental illness is a new low in political discourse.

Similarly, in Honduras, massive African oil palm monocultures in the northern Aguan Valley region are at the heart of an intense land struggle and brutal campaign of repression and criminalization against campesinos struggling for their rights to land and food sovereignty.

Photo Credit: Session 165 of «Criminalization of Defenders of the Environment in Latin America,» October 2017, photo by Eduardo López / Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

Furthermore, Trump's disturbing rhetoric from global warming being a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese to the criminalization of migrants, Muslims and many others further signals that truth, reason and equity are continued fabrications in the White House.

Only by relying on each other, taking risks, and escalating — even in the face of the ongoing criminalization of direct action — can we preserve a livable, just planet for all.»

In addition to murder, threats faced by activists often include harassment, physical abuse, intimidation, false criminalization, unjust arrests and jail sentences.

«This is the criminalization of opposition to global warming,» says Lindzen, who adds he has never communicated with the auto companies involved in the lawsuit.