• Strategic Meeting on Public Security and Drug Policies
    'The police is now a factor in mobilizing society'
    Andrea Domínguez
    15/09/2011 - 14:10
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    After the initial excitement generated by the implementation of the Pacification Police Units (UPP) in some of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas that had previously been dominated by drug gangs, we are now beginning to consolidate the first lessons of an ongoing process of adjustments and improvements. Colonel Robson Rodrigues, UPP commander, confirms this.
  • Human Rights
    Human rights in place of 'mano dura'
    Andrea Domínguez
    09/08/2011 - 18:38
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    Neither more policing, nor harsher sentencing, not even younger offenders in jail. If Latin America expects less violence, according to Amerigo Incalcaterra, Regional Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, it should prioritize citizen security.
  • Harm Reduction - Canada
    Safe Injections Sites Hang in the Balance
    Amy Dhillon
    03/08/2011 - 18:46
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    The Canadian Supreme Court will rule on whether such sites are an expression of the Right to Security of the Person, or whether criminal law must close them.
  • Brazil"s Child Rights Law turns 21
    'Good on Paper' Brazil's Child Rights Law at 21
    Shelley de Botton
    25/07/2011 - 13:24
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    Much still pending 21 years after the enactment of Brazil's progressive child rights law,  believes the head of Rio de Janeiro's Child, Youth and Senior Court Judge Ivone Ferreira Caetano. For Rio's crack using street children, she backs the current policy of mandatory custody at city shelters.
  • Crack-Cocaine Sentencing Disparities
    Crack and Racial Disparities in U.S. Prisons
    Danielle Renwick
    21/07/2011 - 14:17
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    The Sentencing Project's Kara Gotsch helped make crack-cocaine and powder cocaine sentencing disparity a political issue. The aim: to reduce racial disparity in U.S. prisons, where over 80% of offenders for crack related crimes are African American.