Author: Laura Carlsen

War Crimes against Women: A Private Hell

May 5, 2010

It is easy to think of impunity as a sin of omission. The hand not raised in protest appears genteel alongside the hand stained with the blood of the victim. Yet we learned from the testimonies of women on the frontlines of battle for gender justice that impunity not only perpetuates crimes against women, it teaches generation after generation how to continue the practice. Laura Carlsen writes from the International Gender Justice Dialogue in Mexico.

Phase 2 of the Drug War

April 30, 2010

The top brass of U.S. and Mexican security personnel met on March 24 in Mexico City to discuss the failed drug war, amid an […]

Colombia’s Elections: Under the Gun

April 30, 2010

Colombia’s congressional elections on March 14 were hailed by the United Nations as the most peaceful in years. The victory of the coalition led […]

Murder Capital of the World

April 30, 2010

On Jan. 31, an armed commando unit pulled up to a house in a working-class neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican side of […]

CIP Analysts Look at Obama’s First Year

January 27, 2010

After a year in office, we can no longer base our responses to Obama’s foreign policy on expectations. Although the administration is still in […]

"Honduran Elections": A Parody on Democracy

December 7, 2009

The production "Honduran Elections" staged at a small, rundown theater in Central America on Nov. 29, left the audience unconvinced and failed to resolve […]