November 2011 Archives (News)

Children of the Drug War in Ciudad Juarez

10 November 2011

In the city of Juarez, about 7,000 children have become orphans of the 'War on Drugs'. Read the transcript of the story by David Fuentes on how the violence in the Northern state of Mexico has affected children and their families. Story by David Fuentes (W Radio, Chihuahua Correspondent) On this “Day of the Dead”, cemeteries in this borderland… Read more

Mexican Human Rights Group asks ICC to probe President and Top Officials

25 November 2011

Reuters reported that a group of human rights activists have requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a formal investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mexico. They are asking the world's first permanent war crimes court to investigate "the deaths of hundreds of civilians at the hands of the military and drug… Read more

A New Language for the Children of the Drug Wars

30 November 2011

For decades, governments have used the rhetoric of war to describe their drug control efforts and rally their populations behind hard-line policies they say will help protect children. Nayeli Urquiza, Research Fellow at the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, argues it’s this very terminology that encourages the abuse of… Read more