Sentences with word «decriminalisation»

The comments come amid an unprecedented push for liberalisation in parliament, with a home affairs committee report calling for a deeper look into the consequences of decriminalisation of drugs.

The Walker Art Gallery will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in England and Wales (1967 Sexual Offences Act) with a major exhibition drawn from the Arts Council Collection and its own collections.

The shape of yesterday's flare - up over drugs policy was predictable: a committee of MPs suggested that the Government should consider the system of drugs decriminalisation deployed in Portugal, only for the Prime Minister to slap them back down.

«I don't support decriminalisation,» said David Cameron, «we have a policy that actually is working.»

At a recent conference on decriminalisation of politics, the Law Minister acknowledged the problem but chose to refer it to yet another Law Commission specially constituted for the purpose.

Available on BBC iPlayer, the hour - long programme celebrates the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation.

The subject of mephedrone came up and Farage picked up the ball and ran with it all the way to advocating decriminalisation of all drugs and selling them in Boots.

I don't believe in decriminalisation or legalisation.

It only allows for one conclusion to be drawn: decriminalisation makes sex workers safer.

The body set up to enforce the world's drugs laws admits decriminalisation is an «alternative» to prohibition

The inquiry, the Liberal Democrats said, would look at reforms in Portugal which are said to have reduced problematic drug use through decriminalisation for personal use and investing in treatment centres.

It would be the first government - sponsored inquiry into decriminalisation, but is unlikely to have the support of David Cameron who has hardened his approach to drugs after being a past advocate of more liberal legislation as a member of the home affairs select committee.

Second, legislators and judges can be persuaded of the fact that slippery slopes do not materialise after decriminalisation.

Given the U.S. «s insecurity over its southern border, we can only imagine how it would react to legalisation and decriminalisation policies from its southern neighbours.

As a Home Office Inquiry looks into shifting the burden of criminality from those who sell sex to those who buy it, some argue only full decriminalisation will keep workers safe.

Even though the U.S. has demonstrated a willingness to open the drug war agenda to regional discussion, President Obama (supported by Canada) has flat - out refused to even consider decriminalisation as an option.

The letter, organised by campaign group Release, adds: «Should such a review of the evidence demonstrate the failure of the current position we would call for the immediate decriminalisation of drug possession.

It was a form of under - the - table decriminalisation.

This is the deputy prime minister doing a joint press conference with Britain's most famous businessman to call for the de facto decriminalisation of all drugs.

Where decriminalisation has happened it has done nothing to change this, and I see no reason to believe it will.

They advocate total decriminalisation, on the basis that selling sex can empower women, and that prostitution gives poorer women access to a «market» they'd otherwise miss out on.

Cameron said decriminalisation would leader to greater availability, but added: «Authoritarians have to accept that the world has changed and hounding hundreds of thousands — indeed millions — of young people with harsh criminal penalties is no longer practical or desirable.»

The Home Office report's finding that there was «no obvious» relationship between a zero - tolerance approach to drugs and levels of consumption triggered calls for a fresh debate over decriminalisation.

Last night Mr Bridgen claimed decriminalisation heralded the beginning of the end for the licence fee.

Decriminalisation quietly crept up the agenda in Vienna this year at a meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, where governments heard new, independent evidence on how the harms of criminalisation were outweighing the benefits.

Most, like Ireland, which in early November moved towards legalising supervised heroin use and possible decriminalisation of other drugs, have cited health and economic grounds.

When the facts about the impact of decriminalisation became known over a significant period of time (particularly in the Netherlands and Oregon) and the legal principles driving the analysis in section 7 of the Charter changed, I published a paper arguing that the time had come to launch another Charter challenge to the prohibitions on assisted death under section 7 in 2008.

The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled an exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales.

MPs will challenge leader's support for decriminalisation of sex workers and query approach to EU vote and local elections

Nick Clegg has broken ranks with the prime minister on drugs reform, just five days after his coalition partner ruled out a royal commission on decriminalisation.

First broadcast on Saturday 29 July 2017, and available on BBC iPlayer, the hour - long programme celebrates the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation.

And a fascinating article for Vox explored the war on drugs, its apparent failure and what leading drug policy experts think about drug decriminalisation.

Decriminalisation makes them safer.

The body set up to enforce the world's drugs laws has admitted decriminalisation is an «alternative» to prohibition.

«Those caught in the cycle of dependency must be supported to live drug - free lives, but giving people a green light to possess drugs through decriminalisation is clearly not the answer.»

Simon Napier - Bell's film has a huge appetite for its subject, which is, of course, the half - century of gay history in Britain that followed the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality brought by the Wolfenden Report in 1967.

Theresa May also reiterated her belief that it was ultimately up to the church to decide its own position on the matter, during an interview marking half a century since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.

A Christian politician has called upon the British Medical Association (BMA) not to back a motion supporting the decriminalisation of abortion up to 24 weeks this week.

The English Collective of Prostitutes was founded in 1982 to campaign for the decriminalisation of prostitution and to campaign for sex workers» rights and safety.

In the years leading up to decriminalisation the number of drug - related deaths in Portugal had soared, with rates of HIV, Aids, Tuberculosis, and Hepatitis B and C among those injecting drugs rapidly increasing.

Hopes are fading that Jeremy Corbyn's support for decriminalisation could bring change for sex workers

While the document does not use the word «decriminalisation», senior Liberal Democrat sources told Politics.co.uk the pre-manifesto was adopting «the essence» of a policy document proposal which called on the UK to follow the approach used in Portugal.

The Conservatives should go into the general election pledging a partial decriminalisation of drugs, an influential Tory group has suggested.

This implicitly states that the decriminalisation of an act or lessening of a punishment can be retrospectively applied.

The Conservatives should go into the general election pledging a partial decriminalisation of drugs, an influential Tory group suggests

With Ireland on the brink of decriminalisation, and with many of our own senior MPs now on record, multiple times, as being against the needless criminalisation of drug users, could it be that we'll eventually follow suit?

Or he might even push for decriminalisation of users for possession of small amounts of drugs for their own use, or perhaps just legally regulate cannabis.