Traduction de «Drug crime » (Anglais → Français) :

In 1994, about 200 Canadian experts in the area of HIV and drug use convened in Edmonton at the Second National Workshop on HIV, Alcohol and other Drug Use. These are some of the recommendations that were debated by the participants: de facto decriminalization of personal possession and use of cannabis; changes to drug paraphernalia laws so that needles can be sold to shooting galleries; development of alternatives to imprisonment for people involved in drug crimes or drug related crimes; drug offenders should generally be referred to community help and treatment services rather than be sent through the courts; acknowledgement by gov ...[+++]ernments in Canada of the multiple harms caused by responding to drug issues through the criminal law; and, again, one of the recommendations was to stop the proposed legislation, Bill C-7 at the time, and Bill C-8 today.

Bill C-10 includes the following former bills: Bill C-4, Sébastien’s Law (Protecting the Public from Violent Young Offenders), proposed to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act; Bill C-5, the Keeping Canadians Safe Act, proposed to amend the International Transfer of Offenders Act; Bill C-16, known as the Ending House Arrest for Property and Other Serious Crimes by Serious and Violent Offenders Act, proposed Criminal Code amendments to prevent the use of conditional sentences for serious and violent offences; Bill C-23B, the Eliminating Pardons for Serious Crimes Act, proposed to amend the Criminal Records Act to expand the period of i ...[+++]neligibility to apply for a record suspension, currently referred to as a pardon, and to make record suspensions unavailable for certain offences and for persons who have been convicted of more than three offences prosecuted by indictment; Bill C-39, the Ending Early Release for Criminals and Increasing Offender Accountability Act, proposed amendments to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to support victims of crime, and to address inmate accountability and responsibility and the management of offenders; Bill C-54, the Protecting Children from Sexual Predators Act, proposed Criminal Code amendments to better protect children against sexual abuse, including by increasing the penalties for these offences and creating two new offences aimed at certain conduct that could facilitate or enable the commission of a sexual offence against a child; Bill C-56, the Preventing the Trafficking, Abuse and Exploitation of Vulnerable Immigrants Act, proposed to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to authorize immigration officers to refuse work permits where it would protect vulnerable foreign nationals against exploitation, including sexual exploitation; Bill S-7, the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, proposed reforms to allow victims of terrorism to sue terrorists and supporters of terrorism, including listed foreign s ...

Bill S-10, Penalties for Organized Drug Crime Act, which proposed amendments to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to provide mandatory minimum penalties for serious drug offences, including when offences are carried out for organized crime purposes, or if they involve targeting youth.

The strategy proposes a two-track approach, one which is tough on drug crime and one which focuses on the victims of drug crime, including the drug addicts themselves.

(4) bearing in mind that the European Union Drugs Strategy (2000-2004) points to the importance of reinforcing the fight against organised crime, illicit drug trafficking and related organised crime, as well as other drug-related crime, and stepping up police, customs and judicial cooperation between Member States.

4. As regards effective cooperation in combatting drug crime and organized crime, the existing legal basis should be reviewed; if need be, proposals for new legislation should be drafted.