INVITATION

 

INTERNATIONAL ANTIPROHIBITIONIST CONFERENCE

"Out from the shadows, ending prohibition in the 21st Century
FOR THE ANTIPROHIBITIONIST REFORM

OF THE UN CONVENTIONS ON DRUGS
 organised by the International Antiprohibitionist League, the Parliamentarians for Antiprohibitionist Action, the Transnational Radical Party, Radical MEPs

and Radicali italiani"

 

15-16 October 2002
Brussels, European Parliament

room4B1, European Parliament, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles

 

 

AGENDA

 

1st Day - 15 October 2002

 

9h00 - 9h15: European Parliament access procedures

9h30: General introductions

 

From the antiprohibitionist movement:

Prof. Arnold TREBACH, LIA, Antiprohibitionist leader

Marco PANNELLA, MEP, President-Coordinator of the Transnational Radical Party

Maurizio TURCO, MEP, President of the Radical MEPs

Chris DAVIES, MEP, Co-Founder of PAA

 

External remarks from International institutions:

Liliana BRYKMAN, European Commission, Justice and Home Affairs DG -

                 "Recent Developments in EU Drugs policy"

Georges ESTIEVENART, Executive Director of the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drugs Addition

                 "European Union mandate and possible reforms"

S.E. Roberto ARENAS BONILLA, Ambassador of Colombia to Belgium

 

From the scientific and academic perspective:

Prof. Carla ROSSI, Substitute member of the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drugs Addition board

                 "The UN-achievable goal? The plan to eliminate drugs by 2008"

Prof. Ernst DRUCKER, Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Director, Division of Public Health and Policy Research, Montefiore Medical Center

                 "Fearful Symmetry: Terrorism and The Drug Wars" (message)

 

h 13h00 - 15h00 Lunch break

 

15h00: Evaluation of drug policies and possible alternatives

H.E. Jan VAN DER TAS, former Ambassador of the Netherlands to Germany

                 "Dutch drugs policies and international pressures"

Daniele CAPEZZONE, Secretary General of Radicali italiani

                 "Italian drugs policies and initiatives for drugs legalization"

David BORDEN, Executive Director, DRCNET

                 "US drugs war and international leadership"

Dr. Ignazio MARCOZZI ROZZI, Municipality of Rome, Drugs Agency President

                 "A pragmatic approach: limits and potentialities of local experiences"

Denes BALAZS, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

                 "Drugs policies in Eastern Europe: the Ungarian experience"

Prof. Nikolai CHAIKA, Chief, Department of Scientific Medical Information, St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
                 "Drug use and AIDS in Russia - situation and perspectives"

 

Debate chaired by Gianfranco DELL'ALBA, MEP

Remarks from the floor:

Luis YANEZ-BARNUEVO, MP Spain;

Jacques GERMEAUX, Simonne LEEN, Patrick MORIAU, Fauzaya TALHAOUI, MPs, Belgium; Sen. Jean CORNIL, Sen. Vincent VAN QUICKENBORNE, Belgium; Earl Pol BOËL, Honorary Senator, Belgium;

Kestutis KUZMICKAS, MP, Lithuania

Katia BELLILLO, MP, Italy

Carlos HERRERA, MP, Costa Rica

Margarita PERCOVICH, MP, Uruguay

***MPs France, MPs Portugal, MPs Switzerland (to be confirmed)

Paulo CASACA, Olivier DUPUIS, Benedetto DELLA VEDOVA, José Marìa MENDILUCE, Joke SWIEBEL, Astrid THORS, Gianni VATTIMO, MEPs; Pierre PRADIER, former MEP;

Carmelo PALMA , Member of the Regional Council, Piedmont

Alessandro LITTA MODIGNANI, Lucio BERTE', Members of the Regional Council, Lombardy

Joao DE MENEZES FERREIRA, former MP, Portugal;

 

17h30 - 18h30: Assembly of the International Antiprohibitionist League

 

2nd Day - 16 October 2002

 

9h30 - 13h00: Preparation for the Vienna meeting in April 2003: Reform of the UN Convention.

Marco PERDUCA, President of the General Council of the TRP

                 "UN Conventions and possible reforms"

Alain LABROUSSE, Observatoire Geopolitique des Drogues, former Director (message)

Rita BERNARDINI, Co-President of Radicali Italiani

                 "Antiprohibitionist civil disobedience actions in Italy"

Prof. Fabrizio STARACE, "The UN-scientific drugs classification" (message)

Jack COLE, Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (USA)

Lev TIMOFEEV, Director, Center of research for the illegal economic activities, RGGU

                 "Urgent necessity of drugs legalisation in Russia"

Dale GIERINGER,  Drug Policy Forum of California and California NORML

                 "US medical marijuana situation"

 

Debate (1st part) chaired by Arnold TREBACH with Members of Parliament and:

Tilmann HOLZER, Association for Drug Policy, Germany; Max LHOMET, Les Verts, France; Alessandro CAFORIO, Antiproibizionisti.it, Italy; Christophe MARCHAND, Bruno VALKENEERS, Christine GUILLAIN, Liaison Antiprohibitionniste, Belgium; Miguel DE ANDRES, Grup Igia, Spain; Carolyn LUNMAN,  Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Timothy Jake GLUCKMAN, Eve and Rave; Michel HANCISSE, Ottavio MARZOCCHI, Eric PICARD, Nicola GIOVANNINI, CORA, Belgium; Thierry MEYSSAN, CORA, France; Giulio MANFREDI, CORA, Italy; Joep OOMEN, ENCOD, Belgium; Gérard LEBLOND VALIERGUE, Ligne Blanche, France; Erik LAKOMAA Frihetsfronten, Sweden; Luis MENDAO, Abraço, Portugal; Jean Pierre GALLAND, CIRC, France; Nikolaj KHRAMOV, Transnational Radical Party, Russia

 

h 13h00 - 15h00 Lunch break

 

15h00-17h15: Debate (2nd part)

17h15: Conclusions by Marco CAPPATO, MEP, President of the Board of the Transnational Radical Party, PAA Coordinator

 

17h30-18h30: Radical Antiprohibitionist Coordination Congress

 

Representatives from the Embassies of US, Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and from the Ministry of Health of Finland have announced their participation.

Interpretation will be provided in English, French and Italian.

For any further information: office of Marco Cappato MEP, PAA coordinator
tel: 0032 2 2847496; fax: 0032 2 2849496; mcappato@europarl.eu.int