New feature: Policy Briefing on Ameripol

Ameripol – the American Police Community – has been recently created to coordinate efforts of national police forces in the region, regarding the current scenario on regional organised crime in Latin America. Since 2007, the Ameripol has been developing efforts towards the consolidation of its institutions and the integration of police activities throughout the continent.

Policy brief is available here.

60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Catalonia Institute of Public Safety, Barcelona, 27th November 2008

ICOS Senior Advisor, and Honorary Secretary General of Interpol, Raymond Kendall addressed participants at an international seminar held at the Institute for Public Safety of Catalonia, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event brought international experts such as Dame Nuala O’Loan, Special Envoy to East Timor, and organisations such as Amnesty International and SOS Human Rights for discussions on the relationship between Public Security and Human Rights

Mr Kendall’s speech addressed salient issues on the subject of the police and human rights, and is available here.

Raymond Kendall with Dame Nuala O’Loan, Special Envoy to East Timor.

5th International Security Conference at the Forte de Copacabana

Rio de Janeiro, 20th – 21st of November, 2008

Executive Director of ICOS, Emmanuel Reinert addressed participants of the 5th International Security Conference of The Forte de Copacabana Dialogue. The Dialogue was organised by The Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brazil, the Brazilian Centre of International Relations (CEBRI), the Centre for American Studies (CEAs), and the Chair Mercosur of Sciences Politique (University of Paris). The event included the participation of authorities from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, United States and other countries, in addition to diplomats, politicians, journalists, academics, members of the military and entrepreneurs. Mr Reinert's address was on the subject of The Illegal Drug Trade as both a Symptom and a Cause of a Global Security and Development Failure. A full version of the speech is available here.