Igarapé Institute was invited to present its latest work on conflict prevention at the Paris Peace Forum from 11-13 November. The Institute was selected from thousands of potential participants to feature its Innovation on Conflict Prevention (ICP) project. The event assembled more than 60 heads…

Brazil currently registers the third largest prison population in the world. Brazil´s prisons are also bursting at the seams. There are over 726,700 prisoners with room for just 368,000. What is more, 40% of Brazil´s inmates have yet to be convicted. The profile is also…

Throughout October Robert Muggah continued his review of peace support operations in Africa. He visited the Democratic Republic of Congo – particularly Goma, Beni and Bunia – to review disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) as well as community violence reduction (CVR) projects. This follows on…

The Igarapé Institute released two new publications on a complex and under-analyzed theme – the Internet of Things (IoT). Very generally, IoT refers to the digital interconnection of infrastructure, services and people. The first Strategic Note – “Segurança e Privacidade para a Internet das Coisas”…

The Igarapé Institute is participating in the Paris Peace Forum in November 2018, an event hosted by French President Macron. Igarapés Building Peace coordinator, Adriana Abdenur, will be showcasing the new digital platform – Innovation in Conflict Prevention (ICP). The ICP dashboard features hundreds of…

The Igarapé Institute was selected as Brazil’s top human rights NGO in 2018. The Institute was also listed as one of the 100 Best NGOs in Brazil. The prize was issued by Instituto Doar and Rede Filantropia. There are more than 300,000 NGOs in Brazil,…

Public security and corruption were key themes during the 2018 electoral campaign Brazil. Before and after the October election, the Igarapé Institute intensified outreach and action on data-driven and evidence based approaches to public security. For example, the Institute released a new book – Segurança…

The Igarapé Institute was invited by the federal government to join the National Council of Public Security and Social Defense. The Council was created to develop strategies to curtail the crime and violence in the country. Igarapé was one of just three civil society organizations…

More than a third of the world’s homicides are concentrated in Latin America. Between a tenth and a third of these killings are by gangs and drug cartels. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) worked closely with the Igarapé Institute to prepare a major story on…

Igarapé Institute’s Robert Muggah has been touring the world to discuss ways that smarter cities can reduce carbon footprints and improve public safety. In September he gave one of two keynote addresses to Latin America’s largest city gathering – the Smart Cities Expo. The Expo…