Legal Aid Services Young PWID in Repressive Environment

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Legal Aid Services Young PWID in Repressive Environment Alfiana Qisthi Legal Advocacy Officer Persaudaraan Korban Napza Indonesia/ Indonesia Drug User Network

Legal Issues – Young PWID in Repressive Environment

Source: Harm Reduction International 2013

Context of Women Drug Injecting Initiation Mean age of injecting initiation was 21.2 years, with some women injecting for the first time at 12 years of age. 96% of women were injected by someone else the first time they ever injected drugs, which is a risk factor for HIV transmission. Source: Women Speak Out Research (PKNI-University of Oxford)

Indonesia’s Repressive policy environment

Drug Policy which criminalize the PWUD/PWID Overcriminalization Lack of legal acsess Lack of health access Human Rights Violation towards PWUD Using drugs Possessing drugs Carrying drugs

The Barbaric ‘War on Drugs’ In 2015, President Joko Widodo declared ‘ War on Drugs’ as he stated a new status ‘Indonesia Drug Emergency’. Compulsory Rehabilitation Expulsion from residence Forced Urine Test Shoot in Place 139 people shot-dead in 2017 DEATH PENALTY

Legal Issues-Young PWID Many young people under 18 incarcerated on drug related charges without legal assistance. Available data is very limited There is criminal sanction (jail and fines) for parents who don’t report their children for using drugs. There are many cases stopped in pre- trial, because of bribery. Social impacts: dropout from school, discrimination in health services, social exclusion, limit job opportunity. Legal Issues-Young PWID

What is the Indonesian Drug Users Network Doing? Drug Users Interest Lawyer Network paralegals lawyers Legal assistance Ensure client get assessment Ensure client get the special needs (if any) Partnership with Harm Reduction Organization Strategic Litigation

“ Prison is not the solution ” Recommendation Move beyond a case by case legal aid approach. Use documentation and experience of legal aid cases among young people as a tool for structural and policy change (Structural Legal Aid. Policy change Cases Data Public awareness Legal empowerment “ Prison is not the solution ”