The Igarapé Institute just launched a new data visualization – the Drug Policy Monitor for the Americas. The Monitor includes an interactive map of drug policy innovation across North, Central and South America.

O Instituto Igarapé lançou dois novos produtos para gerar conscientização sobre as políticas de drogas. Um dos principais objetivos é fortalecer o argumento de educadores e famílias através de informações e dados concretos, sempre com vistas à redução de danos.

Maps literally shape how we understand the world. For the past few years, the Igarapé Institute has designed digital maps to convey complex trends on issues ranging from arms flows and homicide to migration flows and drug policy innovation.

There are ominous signs of growing turbulence around the world. The number of civil wars has doubled since 2001 – ​jumping ​from 30 to 70. The number of people killed in these armed conflicts has increased tenfold since 2005.

  July, 2015   The next United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs (UNGASS) about drugs in 2016 provides a new opportunity to review national policies and the future of the global drug control regime. As diplomats reunite to rethink international and domestics drug…

The Institute was active around the world in April. Our researchers participated in over a dozen events, a few of which are listed below.

After a string of privacy scandals involving Cambridge Analytica appeared throughout April, concerns about cybersecurity and digital rights are rising to the top of the agenda.

Rio de Janeiro’s FIRJAN council assembles all major private companies to discuss common priorities and challenges. The Council for Public Security is designed to address key risks facing industries ranging from manufacturers to tourism.

Igarapé released a new report, Citizen Security in Latin America: Facts and Figures. Developed in partnership with the Latin American Development Bank (CAF), the report sets out some hard numbers on the security situation for Latin America.

The risk of cyber crime is growing in Brazil amid a debate over the balance between security and privacy. Robert Muggah and Nathan B. Thompson analyse the nature of the threat and consider the response of the state in a climate of significant economic and political uncertainty

In March, the Igarapé Institute launched a new series of reflections on the future of the global liberal order. Working with the World Economic Forum and the Lind Initiative, the series includes feature articles by Robert Muggah together with Steven Pinker, Francis Fukuyama, Anne-Marie Slaughter,…

Gender inequality is a far reaching challenge. During “Women’s Month,” the Igarapé Institute launched a new network to generate awareness and action. The “Rede de mulheres, paz, e segurança” [Women, Peace, and Security Network] brings together the leading organizations working on the issue. Coordinated by…

In April of 2017, the Igarapé Institute together with dozens of Latin American organizations initiated a campaign with a daring goal: reduce homicides by 50% in a decade. Today, the Institute is delighted to report that It is joined by 59 partners, commitments from seven…

The Institute’s executive director Ilona Szabó delivered a lecture at the World Economic Forum summit in Latin America, hosted by the government of Sao Paulo. The Igarapé Institute has a wide-ranging partnership with the World Economic Forum. The Institute’s executive director Ilona Szabó is a…

The Igarapé Institute is outraged by the assassination of one of Rio de Janeiro’s most promising young political actors and leaders, Marielle Franco. Her assassination shocked Brazilians and electrified the global community. Her killing represents yet another flagrant violation of human rights and an attack…