NGOs and Academia
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
The issue of organized crime tied to drug trafficking in Mexico is timely because of the rising violence in Mexico, which reached around 6,000 drug-related killings last year.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
Recently, the weapons sought by drug trafficking organizations
have become increasingly higher quality and more powerful.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
Joy Olson's written testimony on the Merida Initiative on March 10, 2009.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
I want to focus my testimony on speaking about the current situation in Mexico as a result of the “war on drugs” from the perspective of civil society, drawing on the direct experience I have had particularly when living in the state of Guerrero and f
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
I am going to outline some ways in which the U.S. must shoulder its own responsibilities for the violence, and then suggest ways in which the United States can ensure its aid and policies support strengthening respect for human rights.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
When the Western Hemisphere’s 34 democratically elected leaders gather in Port of Spain on April 17 for the fifth Summit of the Americas, many of them will vividly recall the tense proceeding and unhappy outcome of the previous Summit in Mar del Plata,
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
This is a very timely hearing, not only as we look to next month’s Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, but also to the April 2nd G-20 meeting in London, in which five hemispheric countries will take part – the U.S., Canada, Argentina, Brazil, and
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
The forthcoming summit is an opportunity for our president to get to know his colleagues, to listen to our neighbors’ concerns, to explain our policies, but most importantly, to restate what the United States stands for.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 00:00
En septiembre de 2005, el Coronel Duque formulo una denuncia contra Javier Giraldo, Elkin Ramirez y Miguel Ángel Afanador por los delitos de injuria, calumnia y falsa denuncia
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 00:00
En caso de que el jefe paramilitar no colabore con las autoridades colombianas en el proceso de justicia y paz, se le privaria de descuentos punitivos a los que puede hacerse merecedor en caso de colaborar con la justicia