Adriana Erthal Abdenur In the 19th century Max Weber, a keen student of purpose-driven bureaucracies, hinted that institutions sometimes change their missions even when their original objectives are deeply embedded within founding charters and mission statements. In international affairs, few organizations can attest to this tendency
Esta semana se celebró en El Salvador el foro internacional “Diálogos sobre seguridad urbana: datos, diseño e innovación para la seguridad urbana”, organizado por Instituto Igarapé y otras organizaciones.
La proporción entre el número de asesinatos y el tamaño de la población en los respectivos estados fue más alta que el de dos de los países más violentos del mundo.
Para Katherine Aguirre- Tobón, investigadora del instituto Igarapé, un día sin homicidios es una anomalía en el sistema y no un logro.
Lessons from Colombia, Somaliland & Southern Somalia Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Laurie Druelle As part of the peace effort between the Colombian government and the FARC, a pilot program was launched in 2015 allowing ex-combatants from the guerrilla to collaborate with Army soldiers
Brazil-Ethiopia Exchanges in Peacekeeping Training Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Giovanna Kuele, in Addis Ababa How can states that contribute troops, police, and civilians to peacekeeping operations learn from one another about training for such deployments? Although TCCs/PCCs have historically operated in a relatively
How did El Salvador become so violent? These four articles shed some light on the country’s complex crime problem. Spoiler: It’s not just about the gangs.
[In Spanish] Las masacres de 2017 dejaron más de 100 presos muertos por una guerra que libran al interior de los presidios de todo el país. El 2018 también empezó teñido de sangre.
The murders in a popular Brazilian favela reflect rising violence in a country in crisis.
[In Spanish] Crímenes que suceden en destinos turísticos de México tienen gran repercusión internacional, pero son parte de un fenómeno de violencia que afecta a todo el país.
En un año, sólo ocho personas fueron sujetas a proceso penal por introducir ilegalmente al país armas de fuego.
Jane Wakefield hears from Rahul Tandon in Kolkata about India’s air pollution nightmare, and from Robert Muggah of the Igarapé Institute in Brazil, who explains how interactive mapping can help pinpoint global pollution hotspots.
Harnessing Trust for Conflict Prevention in Colombia Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in San Vicente del Caguán, Caquetá, Colombia Christmas preparations are in full swing at the church offices in San Vicente del Caguán, in the department of Caquetá. Groups of children sit cross-legged on
The UN’s Pre-DDR Experiment Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Giovanna Kuele, Instituto Igarapé Half of the 4.7 million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) currently depend on humanitarian assistance for basic needs, and a full one-fourth of the population has been forcibly displaced. Armed
Current regional mediation efforts in Burundi still provide limited results Gustavo de Carvalho and Priyal Singh In early December 2017, a new round of talks, led by the East African Community (EAC), was initiated in Arusha, with the aim of reaching an agreement to
Violent competition over key trafficking routes erupted in late 2016 after Brazil’s two biggest gangs ended a 23-year truce, notes Robert Muggah, research director at Instituto Igarapé.
Notes from Colombia Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Agua Bonita, Colombia Nested among the lush green mountains of Caquetá, in the Amazonía region of Colombia, around 200 ex-combatants from the FARC guerrilla group are building a socialist community in the same area where they laid down
[In spanish] El Foro Económico Mundial, publicó resultados del estudio realizado por expertos del Consejo del Futuro Global dónde dieron su visión de cómo será el mundo en el año 2030.
Lessons from Colombia’s FARC Peace Process Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Caquetá (Colombia) Humanitarian demining is often presented as a technical component of post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding, a painstaking and slow process necessary to avoid the human suffering caused by anti-personnel mines, improvised explosive devices, and
Burundi’s ongoing political instability highlights the stark divide between global conflict prevention rhetoric and practice Priyal Singh Since the announcement by Burundian President, Pierre Nkurunziza, to run for a controversial third term in early 2015, political instability across the country – marked by
East Timor Initiatives in Guinea-Bissau Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bissau Can conflict-affected states effectively support one another in overcoming recurring instability and promoting development and sustaining peace? Timor-Leste’s growing cooperation with Guinea-Bissau suggests that, although incipient, fragile-to-fragile (F2F) cooperation may become a promising
[In spanish] DW habló con dos experts sobre los obstáculos con que se topan a la hora de procesar las estadísticas acerca de los homicídios dolosos en Latinoamérica.
Social Technologies for Peacebuilding? Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bissau South-South Cooperation (SSC) often adopts a discourse that is strongly centered on development and that keeps security at arm’s length. However, many SSC partners increasingly undertake cooperation initiatives in conflict-affected or politically unstable
The world’s cities generate more than 75% of global carbon emissions – it’s time for them to play a more prominent role in fighting climate change.
Thomson Reuters Foundation November, 2017 BARCELONA – Many cities are being overwhelmed by growing numbers of people migrating to them, and will become highly vulnerable to floods, storms and other disasters unless authorities receive more support, urban experts said on Wednesday. The proportion of the
What Role in Peacebuilding? Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bissau Far from a novelty, South-South Cooperation (SSC) has been in place for half a century in parts of the developing world, including Portuguese-language countries in Africa. A number of SSC development partners are
Regional efforts like those against the LRA and Boko Haram could reinvent continental approaches to conflicts Gustavo de Carvalho and Annette Leijenaar With the increasing use of ad hoc security initiatives in Africa, there is new momentum for the African Pehttps://issafrica.org/author/annette-leijenaaace and Security Architecture (APSA) to
Here are some of the key talking points and a small selection of the ideas proposed by Seven hundred experts from the World Economic Forum’s “Future Councils”.
the Role of Climate Change in Recurring Violence Giovanna Kuele and Ana Cristina Miola The deadliest blast in Somalia’s history, which killed more than 350 people, and the double car bombing in Mogadishu last October represented frustrating backslides in the country’s efforts to build stability.
Local and international actors should reinforce their support to preventing conflict and sustaining peace in Somalia Omar Mahmood and Gustavo de Carvalho After the attack in central Mogadishu on 14 October 2017, which killed more than 350 people, both traditional and social media seem
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