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Legal Submissions

Pivot Legal Society Submissions on the Police Act

Pivot Legal Society's written submissions to the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act contain 26 specific recommendations
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Mar 18, 2021 | Criminalization & Policing, Legal Submissions

Joint Complaint opposing New VPD Neighbourhood Response Team

Complaint to the Vancouver Police Board by Pivot Legal Society, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users and Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society opposing VPD's new Neighbourhood Response Team
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Nov 16, 2020 | Criminalization & Policing, Legal Submissions

Access to Prison Needle Exchange Programs

By Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell | Dec 08, 2019 | Drug Policy Reform, Legal Submissions

Factum to Supreme Court of Canada: R v Zora

By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Dec 03, 2019 | Legal Submissions

Memo on Street Checks Moratorium

The practice of "street check" lacks a basis in law and is disproportionately weaponized against racialized and low-income communities. This memo calls for a moratorium on street checks as the only alternative to reforms that risk legitimizing an overwhelmingly harmful and discriminatory practice.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Jul 25, 2019 | Criminalization & Policing, Legal Submissions

Submissions to the Special Committee to Review the Police Complaint Process

By Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell | Jul 03, 2019 | Legal Submissions

Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure and its Impact on Sex Working Communities: Brief to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

By Lyndsay Watson Lyndsay Watson | Apr 08, 2019 | Legal Submissions

Third Injunction Application against Anita Place Tent City: Pivot's Submissions to the BC Supreme Court

The City of Maple Ridge filed its third injunction application against Anita Place with concerns about fire safety. #PivotLegal's team advocated for the City to take a harm reduction approach to heating solutions for the tent city's residents. Here are our submissions.
By Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell | Jan 31, 2019 | Homes For All, Legal Submissions

Memorandum of Argument: Access to Medically Supervised Injection Services Edmonton (AMSISE)

By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Dec 09, 2018 | Drug Policy Reform, Legal Submissions

Sex Work is Not Human Trafficking: Pivot's Submission to Canada's Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Sex work and human trafficking are not the same. Confusing the two harms those engaged in consensual sex work, who, like all of us, deserve a right to safety and security.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Jun 01, 2018 | Sex Workers' Rights, Legal Submissions
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