Africa Brasil Transcontinental Dialogue on Public Security

Entebbe, Uganda - 7 July 2008

Public security is a growing concern for policymakers around the world, and in all modern states an essential responsibility of the state is to provide its citizens with security. However, 21st century societies face an array of serious public security challenges, such as the hyper-development of urban centres, increasing social inequality, globalised criminal networks, and ever increasing crime and victimisation rates.

This dialogue brought together African and Brazilian expertise and experience. Themes of discussion at the meeting included Public Security Management Strategies, The Urban Public Security Challenge and Counter-Narcotics Policies and Policing. [read more]

Public Security News

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First International Symposium on Public Security and Drug Policy

Rio de Janeiro – 26, 27 February 2008

Co-hosted by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice’s National Public Security Secretariat, the Federal Police and the National Antidrug Secretariat, The Senlis Council hosted The First International Symposium on Public Security and Drug Policy. This event brought together international authorities, experts and policy makers to discuss the most pressing challenges facing public security and law enforcement. In particular the ways in which the problem of drugs impact on public security, and the relationship between drug policy and public security policies has been explored. [read more]

Mr. Tarso Fernando Herz Genro, Brasilian Minister of Justice

Scientific Board

Mr. Raymond Kendall,
Honorary Secretary General,
INTERPOL

Chaired by the former Secretary General of Interpol, Mr. Raymond Kendall, the Scientific Board bring together a panel of leading public security consultants combining expertise from policy, academic and operational fields in Brazil and across the globe. It serves as an international task team to address public security challenges.

The Pact of Parana:
counter-narcotics police of the 6th Southern cone states of Brazil join forces

Curitiba, Parana, Brazil – 27, 28 May 2008

The Senlis Council together with The State of Parana Public Security Secretariat and Civil Police Narcotics Division organised the first ‘Pact of Parana’ meeting in Curitba. The Pact of Parana brought together narcotics and special operations departments of the six south cone states of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná) for a discussion on interstate counternarcotics policy. The Pact of Parana meeting aimed to improve communication and cooperation between the narcotics departments, with the aim of increasing efficiency in combating narcotraffic in the region.

The six south cone states of Brasil

Other Senlis Council Programmes

Global Insurgency

The Insurgency Programme aims to support innovative political leadership on security and development crises in conflict zones. Through field research such as the Senlis survey of 17,000 Afghan men on their perceptions of current security and development issues in Afghanistan, the programme provides policy-makers and the wider public with informed strategic response options, and the grassroots perspectives necessary to unlock progress.

Public Health & Drug Control

Working in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, The Senlis Council co-chairs the Rome Consensus for a Humanitarian Drug Policy together with the Italian Red Cross. The Rome Consensus brings together 110 national societies of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to promote and implement humanitarian and public health-focused drug policies.