Programme

17 November – International Launch – “Rethinking the War on Drugs”: A New Justice for a New Chapter in Brazil’s Drug Policy

14:00 – 14:30 | Welcome of participants

14:30 – 15:00 | Opening session

• Directors of FEUC (to be confirmed)

• Director of CES (to be confirmed)

• João Pedroso – Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme in the Sociology of the State, Law and Justice (CES/FEUC)

• David Pinter Cardoso – Coordinator of the collective Rethinking the War on Drugs

• Luciana Zaffalon – Executive Director of the JUSTA Platform

15:00 – 16:00 | Presentation of the collection “Rethinking the War on Drugs”

Presentation by Cristiano Maronna – Lawyer, organiser of the collection, Director of the JUSTA Platform, and member of the collective Rethinking the War on Drugs

Commentators:

• Wanda Capeller – Emeritus Professor at Sciences Po Toulouse and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra

• Sérgio Adorno – Full Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo

• João Pedroso – Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra

Moderation: Vanessa Maria Brito de Jesus – General Coordinator of the JUSTA Platform

16:00 – 16:30 | Break

16:30 – 18:00 | Opening dialogue “A new drug use policy is possible – and necessary”

Speakers:

• João Goulão – President of the Institute for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (ICAD)

• David Pinter Cardoso – Judge of Law at the Public Treasury Court of Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais

• Cláudia Cruz Santos – Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra

Moderation: Nathalie Nunes – Researcher at the JUSTA Platform, International Affairs

The session includes time for questions and contributions from the audience.

18 November – Open Seminar – Drug Policy in Transformation: Portuguese Experiences and Brazilian Changes

09:30 – 10:00 | Welcome of participants

10:00 – 10:30 | Opening session

Vanessa Maria Brito de Jesus – General Coordinator of the JUSTA Platform

10:30 – 12:30 | Panel 1 – Drug policy, social justice, and deconstructing the war on drugs

Speakers:

• Marcelo Semer – Appellate Judge at the São Paulo Court of Justice

• Tiago Pires Marques – Principal Researcher at CHAM – Humanities Centre, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, NOVA University Lisbon

• Silvia Rodríguez Maeso – Chair of the Scientific Council and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra

• António Casimiro Ferreira – Associate Professor with Habilitation, Faculty of Economics, and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra

Moderation: Nathalie Nunes – Researcher at the JUSTA Platform, International Affairs

The session includes time for questions and contributions from the audience.

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break

14:00 – 16:00 | Panel 2 – Portuguese-Brazilian convergences and divergences

Speakers:

• Maria João Antunes – Full Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra

• João Taborda da Gama – Lawyer and Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Portuguese Catholic University

• Mariana Dornellas – Researcher, PhD Candidate in Human Rights in Contemporary Societies, University of Coimbra (CES-IIIUC)

Moderation: Cristiano Maronna – Director of the JUSTA Platform and member of the collective Rethinking the War on Drugs

The session includes time for questions and contributions from the audience.

16:00 – 16:30 | Closing session