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Press Releases

“They know people don’t know their rights”: Daily street sweeps displace & dispossess unhoused DTES residents

Street sweeps are conducted every morning in the DTES. We must end this dehumanizing practice!
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Oct 15, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases, Homes For All

Community groups sound the alarm on upcoming implementation of vaccine cards in BC

28 health and human rights groups say BC's vaccine card plans intensifies discriminations against already marginalized groups
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Sep 01, 2021 | Press Releases, ICYMI, Project Inclusion

Coalition Submits Complaint for the Cancellation of the VPD Trespass Prevention Program

Legal and community-based organizations submit a formal Service and Policy complaint regarding the Vancouver Police Department’s Trespass Prevention Program (TPP). Complainants are calling for the termination of the TPP and a public accounting of its operations to-date.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Jun 15, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

RELEASE: Downtown Eastside residents and workers continue to pursue accountability in complaints against two Vancouver Police Department officers

The complaints document a pattern of abusive behaviour by the two VPD officers, including harassment, intimidation, targeting Indigenous and Black people and interference in harm reduction responses in the DTES.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | May 27, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

Decriminalization Done Right: A Human Rights and Public Health Vision for Drug Policy Reform

A broad-based Canada-wide coalition of human rights, drug policy, community, and drug user organizations are raising serious concerns about a proposed model for drug decriminalization that will be submitted to the federal government for approval. If adopted, the flawed “Vancouver Model,” as proposed by the City of Vancouver, could be a precedent-setting policy change—the first of its kind in Canada—that could pave the way for other cities to follow suit, including communities in Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec among others. It is therefore critical that this initial model gets decriminalization right by centering the health and rights of people who use drugs, as well as the needs of their loved ones and communities.
By Asha Kaur Asha Kaur | May 11, 2021 | Press Releases, Blog, Drug Policy Reform

Strathcona camp residents issue a human rights report card to province and city on decampment process

As unhoused people are evicted from Strathcona Park, they look to local and international human rights laws to evaluate government decampment strategy and, based on these laws, issue a significantly low grade of “D”
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Apr 29, 2021 | Press Releases, Blog, Homes For All

Parents and Educators Call on the Vancouver School Board to Immediately Cancel the School Liaison Officer Program.

Last month, the VSB released an independent review of the program, completed by Argyle Consulting. The review notes the negative impact of police in schools for Black and Indigenous students, notable as Black and Indigenous youth remain disproportionately criminalized.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Apr 26, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases, Blog

Advocates Call on the Vancouver School Board to Immediately Cancel the School Liaison Officer Program

PRESS ADVISORY: Prior to the VSB Trustee Meeting to discuss the School Liaison Officer Program, Justice for Girls, Pivot Legal Society and Cops Out of Schools will be holding a press conference at the VSB entrance.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Apr 06, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases, Blog

Coalition of Organizations Call for End to Vancouver Police Department Trespass Prevention Program

The VPD’s Trespass Prevention Program is another deliberate attack on poor and unhoused people. Once again, police expend vital public resources to criminalize people who rely on public space.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Jan 28, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

WHO'S NEXT? DTES Community Vigil for Man Murdered by VPD

A vigil is being called for Tuesday, January 12 at 380 East Hastings to commemorate our fallen friend’s tragic death at the hands of the Vancouver Police Department.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Jan 12, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases
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Pivot Legal Society is located on stolen lands of the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We are grateful to Indigenous Peoples for their continuous relationship with their lands and are committed to learning to work in solidarity as accomplices in shifting the colonial default. 

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