Kenya: Majority of remandees are held for minor crimes ranging from being idle, disorderly, littering, begging, urinating in public, and hawking. This is the reason Julie Wayua, [ICJ-Kenya] is advocating for legal reforms.
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Advocate driving decriminalisation of petty offences campaign
Date:
8 May, 2024
8 May, 2024
Type of Update:
In the News
Updates from our Partners
In the News
Updates from our Partners
Themes:
Alternatives to Criminalisation
Cost of Exclusion
Courts Systems
Fees and Fines
Human Rights
Petty Offences
Policing
#PoorNotGuilty
Public Health
Pre-trial Detention
Prisons
Use of Public Spaces
Alternatives to Criminalisation
Cost of Exclusion
Courts Systems
Fees and Fines
Human Rights
Petty Offences
Policing
#PoorNotGuilty
Public Health
Pre-trial Detention
Prisons
Use of Public Spaces
Countries:
Kenya
Kenya
Regions:
Africa
Africa
Campaign Partners:
International Commission of Jurists – Kenyan Section
International Commission of Jurists – Kenyan Section
The Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and Status is a coalition of organisations from across the world that advocate for the repeal of laws that target people based on poverty, status or for their activism.
@decrimpovertystatus
#DecrimPoverty | #DecrimStatus | #DecrimActivism