Open letter to Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas
[25.11.2013]
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, address you on this Fourth Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security (MISPA) to follow up ...
Latin America's fatal prison problem
[14.05.2012]
Prison riots in Venezuela. Jailbreaks in Mexico. Prison fires in Honduras. Latin America is displaying violent cases of the ails of its prison system ...
Drug Policy in the Andes
[15.12.2011]
Fifty years after signing the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and 40 years after the U.S. government declared a "war on drugs," ma ...
Venezuela
[18.05.2010]
Overview of drug laws and legislative trends inVenezuela Trend In 1993, Venezuela replaced prison sentences with ‘social security measures’ for posse ...
US waves white flag in disastrous 'war on drugs'
[16.01.2010]
After 40 years of defeat and failure, America's "war on drugs" is being buried in the same fashion as it was born – amid bloodshed, confusion, corrup ...
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