Policy proposal

Policy proposal about human rights violations in El Salvador prisons

Should meet the 1500-word minimum requirement, which is approximately 6 pages double-spaced, but please use the word count feature of your word processing program to ensure that you have met this minimum requirement. Drafts should carefully cite (in-text citations or footnotes) all sources that were used in writing the draft. Drafts should be submitted anonymously (do not include your name) to the Canvas board to allow for a double-blind review. (The classmates who review your project will not know who you are, and you will not know who your reviewers are.) For full points on this draft, please carefully read through the above sections: (1) What is a Policy Brief, and (2) Explanation and Guidelines for Policy Brief Components

draft cover page should include:

1. Working title of your paper, including footnote to any GenAI tool(s) you used (if any), briefly explaining how you used them.

2. No name (double-blind review)

3. Org. youll represent

4. Policymaker(s) youll target (name(s) and title(s))

5. Draft executive summary (~150 words single-spaced)

II. Four substantive sections (each should be labeled as such for full points, see above):

1. Statement of the Problem

2. History of the Problem and Current Context

3. Critique of Policy Options

4. Preliminary Policy Recommendation(s) (Its understood that these will be in draft form, but the more developed they are, the better feedback youll receive. Even one paragraph is sufficient for this section.)

III. Bibliography: 10 high quality substantive sources that are directly related to the human rights policy problem youve identified, a minimum of 5 of which should be peer-reviewed sources. The remainder may be authoritative policy reports, legislation, court cases, etc. Although you are highly encouraged to use news sources, these should not be included in the 10-source minimum. Also, the UN human rights documents you cite as being violated (e.g. CCPR, CESCR, CEDAW, CRC, etc.) are not counted in the 10-count minimum, since these simply reference human rights law. They are not a substantive source that will help you write a strong policy proposal Please include full bibliographic information using the or Chicago (and as noted above, include in-text citations or footnotes throughout your draft)