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Alternatives to Incarceration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Drug laws and the region’s untenable prison crisis are at the center of the drug policy debate in Latin America and the Caribbean. The incarceration of low-level drug offenders for exceptionally long sentences has left the region’s prisons bursting at the seams; the impact is not only felt by those incarcerated, but also by their families and communities. Cutting edge research by the Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho (Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law, CEDD) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) sheds new light on the problem and efforts to address it through alternatives to incarceration. The latest investigation …
Monday, October 7, 2019
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
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October 9, 2019Congolese Research Network on Peace and Security (ResCongo) – Annual Conference 2019
Congolese Research Network on Peace and Security (ResCongo) – Annual Conference 2019
ResCongo held its second annual conference from 9-10 October 2019, in collaboration with the SSRC’s Understanding Violent Conflict (UVC) program, the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP-Bukavu), and the Conflict Research Group (CRG) at Ghent University, at Hôtel Beau Lieu in Bukavu. UVC director Dr. Tatiana Carayannis was invited to attend as a member of the advisory committee. ResCongo invited members and interested researchers to submit abstracts, draft papers, and present their work through a call for proposals. The theme of the conference was “Citizenship, Conflict and Cross-Border Mobility: A Look at DRC and its Neighbors.”The conference began with opening …
Thursday, October 10, 2019
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Friday, October 11, 2019
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Saturday, October 12, 2019
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Sunday, October 13, 2019
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