Articles by Patrick Gallahue

Tuesday 3rd January

Mexico, war crimes and a slippery slope

Patrick Gallahue, 3 January 2012
The drug war in Mexico has left tens of thousands of people dead and the country in peril. What difference will a new war crimes charge brought against the government make?
Monday 19th September

The Death Penalty for Drugs – ‘Shared Responsibility and Shared Consequences’

Patrick Gallahue, 19 September 2011
For those governments that think the death penalty for drugs is none of their business - think again. Even though the majority of the world’s states have abolished capital punishment for all crimes, and only a tiny minority carry out the death penalty for drugs, it is often foreigners from non-death penalty countries that suffer the ‘ultimate sanction.’
Wednesday 7th September

Poverty and drug trafficking: a denial of mercy

Patrick Gallahue, 7 September 2011
All too often, states disproportionately apply the death penalty to the 'small fish' in drug trafficking organisations. That these people usually poor, often young and occasionally ignorant of the contents of their cargo does nothing to elicit mercy
Wednesday 1st June

Drugs, the Death Penalty and a Cautionary Tale for Governments

Patrick Gallahue, 1 June 2011
The harrowing struggle to spare a young Australian named Scott Rush from the firing squad in Indonesia appears to be over. But now Rush’s own government should confront its role in the case to avoid exposing people to similar dangers in the future.
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