May 22, 2013 |
by Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, David Holiday
A new report from the Organization of American States envisions possibilities for ending the war on drugs and introducing policies rooted in public health and human rights.
May 15, 2013 |
by Julita Lemgruber
If compulsory treatment of people with drug dependence has been condemned by jurists as unconstitutional and by health care professionals as a complete absurdity—why would the Brazilian government support such an approach?
May 15, 2013 |
by Cécile Marotte
Building a park requires green space; building a community requires dialogue. Martissant Park has both.
May 13, 2013 |
by Lorraine Mangonès
The vision of an open space comes alive at Martissant Park in Haiti, giving new life and new meaning to a place that might easily have been destroyed.
May 13, 2013 |
by Michèle Pierre-Louis
In Martissant Park, the only public park in Port-au-Prince, people find a pride of place and a hallowed ground to remember their dead.
Grantee Spotlight
April 23, 2013 |
by Ann Fordham
With limited resources, authorities are faced with nearly impossible decisions on how and when to enforce the law in order to maximize public security.
April 22, 2013 |
by Becky Hogge
Weekly news digest produced by the Information Program. This week’s top story reports on the vote in the US House of Representatives to pass CISPA, a draft law that is critiqued for attacking fundamental privacy rights.
April 18, 2013 |
by Emi MacLean
Guatemala’s current president has joined those warning against a finding of genocide in the trial of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt.
April 9, 2013 |
by Rodrigo Uprimny
Over the past several decades, Latin America has seen penalties for drugs skyrocket, resulting in longer sentences for drug offenses than many violent crimes.
March 22, 2013 |
by Douglas Keillor, Javier Carrasco Solis
New justice reforms could help reduce overcrowding in Mexico’s state prisons, but only if the changes include an effective system for managing pretrial release.