University of British Columbia, 10 November

Date: 09 November 2011

The International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy will participate in the event "The battle for Insite: What Canada’s Supreme Court decision means for global drug policy" at the Law Faculty of the University of British Columbia on November 10.

Damon Barrett, co-founder of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, will be discussing one of Canada's most important recent legal cases: the battle over the legality of Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection facility, and its implications on global drug policy.

Pivot Legal Society lawyer, Scott Bernstein, who represented Pivot at the Supreme Court on the Insite case, will speak to his experiences in this landmark ruling, and Damon Barrett will speak about harm reduction and drug policy on a global scale. The talk will be followed by a question and answer period.

Location: UBC - Alllard Hall (Law Faculty), Room 106 [note room has changed!]

Time: 12:30-1:30 pm