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2. Brief to the 19th Session of the International Seabed Authority: Kingston, Jamaica
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Deepsea Conservation Coalition (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- Jul 2013
- Published:
- Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
- Notes:
- 9 pp., This briefing is submitted by the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), a coalition of over 70 non-governmental organizations concerned about the deep sea. The deep sea is facing large-scale industrial exploitation as mining of the deep seabed for minerals fast becomes reality. Deep seabed mining poses a major threat to the oceans, which are already suffering from a number of pressures including overfishing, pollution, and the effects of climate change.
3. Haiti: 'Nowhere to Go'; Forced Evictions in Haiti's Displacement Camps
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Amnesty International (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Jan 2013
- Published:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 41 p., Three years after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, tens of thousands of people are still living in insecure and inadequate shelters. This report shows how Haiti's post-quake reconstruction is failing to protect and fulfill the right to adequate housing. Amnesty International has documented a pattern of forced evictions of internally displaced families, involving mass removals without notice. Forced evictions violate the rights of internally displaced people at all stages: threats prior to the eviction, violence during the eviction, and homelessness following the eviction.
4. Caribbean Human Development Report 2012
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Zimmermann,Robert (Author), Lawes,Carol (Author), and Svenson,Nanette (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- Feb 2012
- Published:
- United Nations Development Programme
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 246 p., Crime has become one of the main challenges threatening economies and livelihoods in Caribbean countries, but the right mix of policies and programmes can halt the problem, according to this report. It reviews the current state of crime as well as national and regional policies and programmes to address the problem in seven English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
5. Cuba: Routine Repression: Political Short-term Detentions and Harassment in Cuba
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Amnesty International (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- Mar 2012
- Published:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Notes:
- Index number: AMR 25/007/2012, 18 p., Criticism of the government is not tolerated in Cuba, and it is routinely punished with arbitrary and short-term detentions, intimidation, harassment, and politically motivated criminal prosecutions. Amnesty International makes recommendations to the Cuban government aimed at ensuring greater respect for the rights to freedom of expression, association, assembly, and movement.
6. Rio Tries Counterinsurgency
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Muggah,Robert (Author) and Mulli,Albert Souza (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Feb 2012
- Published:
- Philadelphia, PA: Current History, Inc
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Current History
- Journal Title Details:
- 111(742) : 62-66
- Notes:
- Brazil's tourist-jammed cities are some of the most violent on the planet. A considerable number of the country's 43,000 annual murders occur on the streets of Sao Paulo, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro. And Brazilian cities are not alone in what might be called a bad neighborhood. The fact is that most major Latin American and Caribbean cities are today plagued by an epidemic of violence. With more than 20 murders per 100,000 people, the regional homicide rate is roughly three times the global average. Many of the larger urban centers -- from Caracas and Ciudad Juarez to Kingston and Port-of-Spain -- register the highest rates of lethal violence in the world.
7. This day in history 1962 (September 19)
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Sep 27-Oct 3, 2012
- Published:
- Jamaica, NY
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- The Weekly Gleaner
- Journal Title Details:
- p. 5
- Notes:
- From earthquakes, hurricanes and fires to Olympic glory and Independence, The Gleaner started chronicling Jamaica's rollercoaster history ride in 1834, and has had a front-row seat at every major event since. BARCLAYS BANK DCO announced today that to mark the emergence of Jamaica as an independent nation in the Commonwealth, it was as a gift to the Caribbean island an X-ray machine, an electro-cardiograph machine and other equipment for a children's hospital. VARIOUS COMPLAINTS of unfair treatment by certain sections of the police have been lodged by Jamaicans with the London High Commission. One distinct case was brought to the attention of Jamaica's prime minister, Sir Alexander Bustamante, who immediately Save instructions to the amaican Migrant Service to engage legal representation, at a cost to the Jamaican Government, of up to three hundred pounds.
8. New Impetus for the September 28 Campaign
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-10
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Women's Health Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 17(3) : 8-9
- Notes:
- About the Colectiva Mujer y Salud or Women and Health Collective from the Dominican Republic leadership in coordinating efforts to decriminalize abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean through the September 28 Campaign. Notes that the Campaign's action is driven by factors including restrictive abortion laws, persecution of women who engage in the practice despite the risks, institutional obstacles, and interference from organized religion.
9. Keeping Haiti Safe: Police Reform
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- International Crisis Group (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-09-08
- Published:
- International Crisis Group
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 19 p., Discusses how Haiti's porous land and sea borders remain susceptible to drug trafficking, smuggling and other illegal activities that weaken the rule of law and deprive the state of vital revenue. Post-quake insecurity underscores continued vulnerability to violent crime and political instability. Overcrowded urban slums, plagued by deep poverty, limited economic opportunities and the weakness of government institutions, particularly the Haitian National Police (HNP), breed armed groups and remain a source of broader instability. If the Martelly administration is to guarantee citizen safety successfully, it must remove tainted officers and expand the HNP's institutional and operational capacity across the country by completing a reform that incorporates community policing and violence reduction programs.
10. Aftershocks: Women Speak Out against Sexual Violence in Haiti's Camps
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Amnesty International (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-01-06
- Published:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 23 p., The January 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti. The risk of rape and other forms of gender-based violence in Haiti's camps has increased dramatically in the past year. This report highlights the protection needs of women and girls in camps against the background of research undertaken by Amnesty International and other organizations on violence against women and girls after the earthquake.