Argentina: Legal Minds Demand New 'Drugs Policy Respectful of Human Rights'
30th anniversary of landmark ruling marked by push for human-rights based approach on the matter.
Launching a new push to coincide with the 30-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark “Bazterrica” ruling, more than 500 respected legal voices will today call on the government to redraw its policy on narcotics and end the so-called “War on Drugs.”
In total, more than 550 Argentine magistrates, judges and lawyers will call for wholesale reforms based on human rights.
They are seeking a fresh approach, which includes decriminalization, the end of forced anti-drug treatment to users and the creation of policies focused on risk reduction.
The Supreme Court’s watershed declaration, some three decades ago today, said the prosecution of individuals for possessing narcotics for personal consumption was unconstitutional.
The “Bazterrica” ruling, named after a 1981 raid on the home of musician Gustavo Bazterrica, — a former guitarist in rock bands Los Abuelos de...
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