As more and more nations regulate the cannabis market to protect public health, no state can take for granted that the prohibition fulfils a legitimate purpose. Instead, a human rights analysis is needed to look at the rights of drug law violators, and several times AROD has brought cannabis to the Norwegian authorities to have this issue resolved before the courts.

Even so, all attempts to challenge the law have been met by a wall of silence. For more than a decade, even the European Court of Human Rights has shied away from its duty to deliver a verdict on this issue, and the right of 700 million citizens to a fair trial and an effective remedy has yet to be recognized.

Therefore, on the 16th of November, with five letters, AROD launched a new campaign of civil disobedience to assist the rule of law. Inside these letters, there is sufficient cannabis to get a case before the court, and time will tell how the Norwegian state will respond.

Will AROD be allowed to show a connection between drug policy and the arbitrary persecution of the past, or will the Norwegian state continue to ignore the evidence of human rights violations?

This letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions presents ARODs list of evidence, witnesses, and legal strategy:

AROD to the Director of Public Prosecutions (English)

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New Civil Disobedience

Phase 2: More letters

AROD have not heard from the police about our letters containing cannabis. We therefore present another round of letters that aim to provide legal protection for the persecuted, this time addressed to the Norwegian Prime Minister and professors of law.

Questions to the Minister of Justice

These are the questions that the Norwegian Minister of Justice must answer for drug prohibition to be continued.

On this basis AROD challenges the law.

Norwegian

English

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The Alliance for Rights-Oriented Drug Policies

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New Civil Disobedience

Phase 2: More letters