On 24 and 25 January I attended the Future Directions of the Adult Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts Conference at the University of Auckland.
After six successful years running as a pilot in two locations, the AODTC is at a crucial crossroad – in the coming months the New Zealand government will decide whether to make the court a permanent part of the country’s legal DNA, and also whether to expand the program.
The conference was a chance for the court and its stakeholders – as well as experts in therapeutic jurisprudence from around the world – to reflect on the past six years and on how the court might operate going forward.
The CIJ has had a long-standing relationship with the AODTC through our annual innovative justice study tours, taking RMIT Juris Doctor students across the ditch to learn more about the New Zealand system.
Read more HERE.
First published at RMT Centre for Innovative Justice, 31 January 2019
