CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Agliata, Jake Michael |
|---|---|
| Title | Using Human Rights Standards to Monitor and Address Racial Discrimination in Drug Policing: The Case of the United States, United Kingdom, and Brazil |
| Summary | The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether international human rights mechanisms concerning racial discrimination can help reveal and address the problem of racial discrimination in the policing of drug policies. The primary mechanisms used are those which obtain their mandate from the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (“ICERD”). This includes the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (“CERD”) and several Special Rapporteurs concerned with contemporary racism and minority rights. Using the jurisdictions of the United States, United Kingdom, and Brazil as comparators, I will demonstrate how drug laws contribute to racialized policing and determine whether the problem has been adequately addressed or noted by monitoring mechanisms. I will conclude by providing commentary of the analysis and recommend actions which can be done by both states and monitoring bodies to provide progressive remedies for the problem. |
| Supervisor | Buxton, Julia |
| Department | Legal Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/agliata_jake.pdf |
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