TED Ideas – Cities are the the 21st century’s dominant form of civilization – and they’re where humanity’s struggle for survival will take place

Thomson Reuters Foundation News – Cities are the frontline of twenty first century humanitarianism

Na Semana Global de Combate à Violência Armada, Anistia Internacional, Conectas, Dhesarme, Instituto Igarapé e Instituto Sou da Paz

The Guardian – The fact is that in spite of decades of pursuing a “drug free world”, drugs are more accessible and widely consumed than ever

CBC – New app allows live streaming to help track murderous criminals — and killer cops

Associated Press – An open letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon signed by more than 1,000 people

Documento foi enviado ao secretário-geral da ONU, Ban Ki-moon

Valor Econômico – Em 1998, o slogan da Sessão Especial da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas (Ungass, na sigla em inglês) defendia rígidas políticas de controle de drogas

Violent Disorder in Ciudad Juarez: A Spatial Analysis of Homicide This HASOW Discussion Paper considers how demographic and socioeconomic factors correlate with homicidal violence in the context of Mexico´s “war on drugs”. We draw on Ciudad Juarez as a case study and social disorganization theory…

Regulating “Drug Wars” and Other Gray Zone Conflicts Academic debate on whether so-called “drug wars” can be classified as “armed conflicts” is more than just semantic. Indeed, the official designation of a situation as an armed conflict carries with it attendant rights and obligations applicable…

International Rules on Violence Violence is central to an understanding of human subjectivity and social interaction; modern subjectivity in particular cannot be understood without reference to organized violence. Modern societies have produced highly developed organizational mechanisms and ideological doctrines that allow for organized violence in…

Revisiting Haiti’s Gangs and Organized Violence Though a preoccupation with organized violence has dominated much of the discourse on politics and development in Haiti, little research exists on Haiti’s urban gangs and insurgent groups. This paper examines urban gangs through intensive field research conducted over…

Urban violence and humanitarian action in Medellin Colombia has long experienced acute forms of political violence in and at the periphery of its major cities. Humanitarian agencies have also for decades protected civilians in order to minimize suffering within armed conflicts. Yet in recent years,…

Protection and vulnerability in urban contexts: the case of refugees in Rio de Janeiro Parte do cenário humanitário no qual as cidades do sul global se encontram é cada vez mais marcado pela presença de pessoas deslocadas internacionalmente devido a conflitos e/ou graves violações de…

Old problems and old solutions:  an analysis of Rio de Janeiro’s public safety policy and its impact  on urban violenc O objetivo deste trabalho é reconstituir a trajetória das políticas de segurança pública em geral e dos programas de policiamento militar em especial, na cidade…