FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2018
CONTACT: Judge Brian MacKenzie (Ret.), Justice Speakers Institute, 248.231.9228
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top=”25px” bottom=”10px”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.) to Speak at 6th Annual World Forum Against Drugs” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:40|text_align:left|color:%23750611|line_height:55px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top=”0px”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.), President and Co-Founder of the Justice Speakers Institute LLC, (an essential resource on national and international justice issues), will be a featured speaker at the 6th World Forum Against Drugs on Tuesday, May 15th in Gothenburg, Sweden. She will discuss the process of addiction recovery when it is initiated by the criminal justice system as well as benefits and outcomes of Drug Treatment Courts.
The biannual World Forum Against Drugs is presented under the patronage of H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden. The entire two-day event is three conferences in one: a joint project of the World Federation Against Drugs, European Cities Against Drug, and the Swedish National Movement Against Drugs. It is hosted by the City of Gothenburg.
While the UN Drug Conventions are clear on what goals drug preventive work must have, there are varying views about how these should be carried out in practice. The Gothenburg events will go in-depth on best practices and strategies for implementing the updated international standards for prevention. (Register for the conference here.)
Judge Hora is considered one of the founders of the problem-solving courts’ movement, which offers real help and healing to people with substance use disorders all over the world. Therapeutic jurisprudence was the focus of her 21 years on the bench and remains the heart of her endeavors today through Justice Speakers Institute and its sister organization, Justice Speakers International.
She presided over one of the first drug treatment courts in Alameda County, California, was a Senior Judicial Fellow for the National Drug Court Institute, as well as the for the Global Centre for Drug Treatment Courts and is an Honorary President of the International Therapeutic Jurisprudence Society.
She was a visiting scholar at the University of Tasmania School of Law, and the 2009-2010 Thinker in Residence appointed by the Premier of South Australia to recommend policies for their justice system.
Judge Hora continues to speak frequently at conferences and provide hands-on training and consulting to jurisdictions worldwide including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, France, Italy, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
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Justice Speakers Institute is the gateway to Justice System leaders worldwide. Its founders and associates are internationally recognized experts with decades of experience and mastery over 300 subjects impacting the justice system. JSI was founded in 2016 by Peggy Hora, Brian MacKenzie, and David Wallace and now includes over a dozen rigorously selected associates. Its sister organization, Justice Speakers International was launched in 2017.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
