International Forum

Innovative Solutions to Strengthen Citizen Security and Access to Justice in Central America and Dominican Republic

 

The UNDP Infosegura Regional Project together with Government of Belize and the U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has done the  international forum on Innovative Solutions to strengthen Citizen Security and Access to Justice. The forum was helded  in Belize and participating  countries include Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

The two-day event, provide a space to share experiences and best practices to enhance citizen security and access to justice in Central America and the Dominican Republic and effective governance in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on Peace, Security and Justice.

 

Session 1: Innovative Solutions to Strengthen Access to Justice

• Building and Integrating justice information through the Belize Crime Observatory, Dawn Mitchell (BCO Belice)
• Digital Center for Judicial Documentation, Nohelia Suyapa Alejandra Vásquez (Justice-Honduras)
• Improving effectiveness with technology: the National Public Defense Office, Yurissan Candelario (Dominican Republic)
• Diverting Youths in Conflict with the Law through Community Policing and Courts, Anthony Rosado y Howell Gillett (Belize)

 

Session 2: Territorial Analysis and Managing Citizen Security

• Territorial Prioritization Index for VAW in Guatemala, Silvia Mendoza (UNDP Guatemala)
• Identifying hotspots of human trafficking in urban areas: a pilot program in Belize, Jaunna Murrillo (Ministry of Human Development, Belize)
• CARISECURE: Grenada experience, Andre Waterman, (CariSECURE-UNDP)
• Analysis and management of citizen security information, Selena Aguilar (UTECI-Honduras)
• Machine Learning in midsize cities: the case of Bucaramaga, Juan David Gelvez (University of Maryland)

 

Session 3: Armed Violence, Security and Justice

• Data Visualization on Violent Incidents from Civil Society, Maria Isabel Couto (Fogo Cruzado, Brazil)
• Documenting and Registering Incidents involving Armed Violence in Guatemala, Sonia Barrera y Eliezer Mejía, (Ministry of the Interior, Guatemala)
• Armed Violence from a Gender- and LGBTQI+ Perspective,  Aranza Gamboa (EQUIS Justice, Mexico)
• Firearms in Schools in Latin America and the Caribbean: Approaches, Challenges and Responses, Mercedes Allerbon (UNLIREC)
• SALIENT project in Jamaica, Jamaro Marville (UNDP)

 

Session 4: Youth, Security and Peace

• Implementation of the violence reduction model Cure Violence in Cali, Alejandra Vidal (Alvaralice Foundation Colombia)
• Youth Reinsertion in El Salvador, Lissette Miranda (UNDP El Salvador) y Sergio Álvarez (Office for the Reconstruction of Social Fabric-El Salvador-El Salvador)
• Mapping and gap analysis of youth involvement in violence in the Caribbean,  Juliet Solomon (CariSECURE-UNDP)