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27 total results foundAuthor: Owen, Taylor Title: In Transit: Gangs and Criminal Networks in Guyana Summary: Since 2000, Guyana has seen a rise in violent crime associated with gangs and organized crime syndicates, which have created drug and weapon problems in the country. Cocaine, trafficked from neighbouring Venezuela, is transited through Guyana en route to Europe and the United States. Gangs also utilize the country’s porous borders with Brazil, a major weapons manufacturer, to smuggle arms into Guyana and ship them to other countries in the Caribbean. While one of the least developed countries in the Caribbean region, Guyana’s problems with armed violence are not as severe as many of its neighbours. In 2009 Guyana’s homicide rate was 15 deaths per 100,000, while Jamaica, for example, had a homicide rate of 62 deaths per 100,000. However, left unchecked Guyana’s situation has the potential to continue to worsen. In Transit: Gangs and Criminal Networks in Guyana, a new Working Paper from the Small Arms Survey, examines the nature of Guyanese gangs and criminal networks and sheds light on some of their activities. The report also explores how corruption and insufficient institutional capacity in the country’s security sector sustain gang activity, and assesses the Guyanese government’s policy response to the issues of domestic gang violence as well as international donor-driven initiatives. Details: Geneva: Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, 2012. 59p. Source: Small Arms Survey Working Paper No. 11: Internet Resource: Accessed March 6, 2012 at http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-WP11-Guyana.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Guyana Keywords: Gang Violence (Guyana) Shelf Number: 124383 |
Author: Trevin, Jorge Title: Forest Law Enforcement and Governance and Forest Practices in Guyana Summary: The Republic of Guyana is the only English speaking country in South America. Located on the Guianas Region of northeastern South America, it comprises about 215,000 km2, with a population of 750,000. Tropical forests cover 18.6 million hectares or about 76 percent of its territory and represent a highly valuable asset. The deforestation rate is one of the lowest in the world, with no significant forest change evidenced for the 2000-2005 period (FAO 2005). Most of these forests have not been affected by extractive uses, and the vast majority of those woodlands that have had some harvest intervention, generally through selective logging methods, retain their productive capacity and other major ecosystem functions. Guyana and Norway have agreed to work toward the establishment of a REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) mechanism. Within this context, the objective of this study is to arrive at an independent assessment of Forests Law Enforcement and Governance and forest practices in Guyana. The importance of this assessment stems from the significance of effective and legitimate governance of forest resources to achieving REDD. In order to reach this objective, several aspects of the broad area of forest governance have to be considered. They include the state of forest policies and legislation, production and export of forest products and government revenue, border and trade issues, legal compliance in the forest sector, management of concessions and protected areas, status of land claims and demarcation of indigenous territories, and the participation of forest dependent populations in the design and implementation of forest policies. The assessment is based on information from existing sources, including governmental sources, NGOs and other relevant stakeholders. Gaps in information are identified, allowing for an evaluation of the robustness of the analysis. Both along the complete document and within individual sections, data and general descriptive aspects are for the most part introduced firstly. The discussion and analysis of issues is generally presented afterward. Details: Bogor Barat, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), 2009. 43p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 15, 2012 at: http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/MD/Vedlegg/Klima/klima_skogprosjektet/Guyana/CIFOR%20report%20final.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Guyana Keywords: Environmental Conservation Shelf Number: 125275 |
Author: Partnership Africa Canada Title: Triple Jeopardy: Triplicate Forms and Triple Borders: Controlling Diamond Exports from Guyana Summary: South America's second oldest diamond producer, Guyana has year after year been quietly producing tens and often hundreds of thousands of small, clear, high-quality diamonds for most of the 20th century. Guyana signed on to the Kimberley Process on December 13, 2002, putting in place a system designed to ensure that the diamonds exported from Guyana are all legally produced and declared in Guyana. The country has a number of natural advantages that have helped this effort. Guyana is relatively small by South American standards, with transportation routes and administrative capacity all centred on the capital, Georgetown. Mining has historically been, and remains one of the country's key industries, with the result that the Guyana government takes mining regulation seriously. The government agency in charge of mining, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is an autonomous public corporation, able to raise its own funds, hire its own staff and design and implement its own regulatory regimes. An institutional descendent of the old Geological Survey of British Guiana, the GGMC has inherited and preserved many of the better aspects of the British civil service tradition. The current GGMC Commissioner, Brindley H. Robeson Benn, appears to be an able and effective administrator, determined to bring Guyana's diamond fields under his control. In this effort he has the backing of Guyana's Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds. Details: Ottawa: Partnership Africa Canada, 2006. Source: Internet Resource: Occasional paper (Diamonds and Human Security Project), no. 14., 2006: Accessed August 7, 2017 at: http://dspace.africaportal.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/26088/1/Triple%20Jeopardy%20-%20Triplicate%20Forms%20and%20Triple%20Borders%20-%20Controlling%20Diamond%20Exports%20from%20Guyana.pdf?1 Year: 2006 Country: Guyana Keywords: Blood Diamonds Shelf Number: 146750 |
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Author: Georgetown University. Law Center. Human Rights Institute Title: Trapped: Cycles of Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons in Guyana Summary: This report is the result of an investigation of the discriminatory treatment of LGBT individuals in Guyana in various social, economic, civil, and political sectors. Drafted by members of Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute Fact-Finding Project, the report is a culmination of desk and field research, including reports from 68 interviewees, and an analysis of the trends and state of Guyanese law and policy affecting LGBT persons and their rights. Te team interviewed LGBT individuals, human rights defenders and activists, academics, members of the Guyanese government and police force, religious leaders, and regional experts in preparing this report. The findings illustrate a severe dearth in the protection and fulfillment of the rights of the LGBT persons in nearly every aspect of daily life that was examined, despite clear obligations by the State to ensure such rights are respected. Guyana has signed and ratified a number of treaties, both international (at the United Nations level) and regional (at the Inter-American level), and must comply with the binding obligations contained therein. Those treaties enumerate a wide range of fundamental rights aforded to individuals – including those with perceived or actual non-normative sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression (SOGIE) - that Guyana must respect, protect, and fulfill. LGBT individuals in Guyana experience violence and discrimination across all sectors of their lives, with instances combining and intersecting to create an existence in which LGBT persons are trapped in a life cycle of violence and discrimination. Starting at home and in school, LGBT children experience homophobic- and transphobic-motivated bullying, directly impacting their ability and right to access education guaranteed by the Guyanese Constitution and international human rights law. Such discrimination is perpetrated by other students, teachers, and administrators and often continues at home. Interviewees reported leaving the education system, and oftentimes their home, before finishing secondary-level education as a direct result of such discrimination and harassment. Lack of formal education combined with societal discrimination against those with perceived or actual non-normative SOGIE make it difficult to find and keep formal-sector employment. Guyanese employment law fails to protect against discrimination on the grounds of SOGIE, thereby giving employers the discretion to discriminate. Those who do obtain formal employment are often subjected to the same discrimination and harassment described above. LGBT individuals are thus faced with the difficult decision of staying in a hostile work environment or risking unemployment - which leads to poverty and further rights violations. As with education and employment, healthcare is another sector rife with discrimination. Interviewees reported overt stigmatization and breaches of confidentiality based on their non-normative SOGIE and/or on their HIV status. Although the State offers universal healthcare, discrimination by some doctors and nurses at state facilities has discouraged a significant number of interviewees from seeking this public benefit. LGBT persons also regularly face threats, intimidation, harassment, and violence in public spaces. This violence is perpetrated by both private and state actors. Moreover, impunity for such acts is pervasive. Access to justice is often denied in its initial stages by some law enforcement officers who refuse to take, or investigate, reports proffered by LGBT individuals. Interviewees who experienced futility in reporting violence to the police noted that they are unlikely to attempt reporting again in the future. Te inability to report crime leads to a lack of access to the complete justice system, including courts and remedies. Based on these trends and findings, this report makes several recommendations to the Guyanese government and other stakeholders. In documenting and analyzing the treatment of LGBT individuals in Guyana vis-a-vis the State's human rights obligations, this report seeks to motivate the Government to adopt remedial measures to protect the fundamental rights of LGBT persons in Guyana. Details: Washington, DC: The Institute, 2018. 90p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 7, 2018 at: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/human-rights-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/06/Georgetown_LGBT_book_DigitalFINAL.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Guyana Keywords: Bias Crime Shelf Number: 153354 |
Author: Sutton, Heather Title: Understanding and Combatting Crime in Guyana Summary: Over the past decade, Guyana has recorded impressive economic growth. Many argue that the country’s economic future looks even brighter thanks to the recent massive oil discovery. But its development potential is hindered by many factors, including high levels of crime and violence tied to low levels of interpersonal trust and social cohesion and low trust in criminal justice institutions. Important related factors include high tolerance for the use of violence to solve problems in the home and the community. These issues can be successfully addressed by promoting a better balance between crime suppression and prevention programmes. However, for such programmes to be successful, the country needs data that are consistent, reliable, and detailed. Specifically, this means data that are collected frequently and are disaggregated according to critical demographics, such as gender, age, ethnicity, socio-economic stratum, and neighbourhood. Resources should be directed towards (1) acquiring an adequate quality and quantity of data that will ensure greater success in preventative programmes to increase the country's return on investment, (2) promote more preventative programmes and conduct rigorous monitoring and evaluation to identify the effects, and (3) improve the capacity and performance of the criminal justice system by improving police investigation capabilities and training on community relations, improved case management for the courts, and increased use of alternative sentencing based on clear rules. Details: Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank, 2017. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 21, 2019 at: https://publications.iadb.org/en/publication/12914/understanding-and-combatting-crime-guyana Year: 2017 Country: Guyana Keywords: Alternative Sentencing Shelf Number: 155952 |