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Case Watch: Protecting Sexual Orientation Under Human Rights Mechanisms
Nermina Zecirovic-Arnaud
May 17, 2012
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Recent decisions from the top American and European human rights courts affirmed that sexual orientation and gender identity are protected categories under international law.

Supporting Debate, from Classroom to Community
Amy Weil
May 17, 2012
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With rare exception, debate is the domain of elite universities. This is something we are hoping to change with Global Debates.

Combating Anti-Gypsyism: Nothing Less Than Zero Tolerance Will Suffice
Bernard Rorke
May 17, 2012
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Across Europe, Roma communities are bearing the brunt of populist hostility. We need to confront the deeply embedded institutional racism that continues to undermine all efforts to promote inclusion.

Case Watch: When Telling the Truth May Come with A Prison Sentence
Zsolt Bobis
May 17, 2012
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After spending two years in jail, a Filipino radio broadcaster set out to challenge the country's libel law that makes defamation a criminal offense.

The trial of Ratko Mladic: a gender crimes perspective
Kelly Askin
May 16, 2012
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Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb commander, is charged at the ICTY with genocide, including the use of rape and other forms as sexual violence as a means to destroy thousands of Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats through "serious bodily or mental harm", and by inflicting on them "conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction".

Security Sector Reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An Interview with Marta Martinelli
Eleanor Kelly
May 16, 2012
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For people in the DRC, ensuring a well-trained and regularly paid army means the difference between being able to fetch wood or walk to school safely rather than being harassed, raped, or forced to do labor by soldiers along the way.

Oil Subsidy Report: A Chance for New Democracy in Nigeria?
Udo Jude Ilo
May 16, 2012
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A recent probe shows that almost 50 percent of Nigerian government fuel subsidies were stolen by officials. For many Nigerians, this revelation is a huge step towards fighting corruption and building a new culture of transparency.

Ukraine: Between European Hopes and Political Persecutions
Yevhen Zakharov
May 16, 2012
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Imprisoned opposition leaders form an integral part of the political landscape of today's Ukraine. The cases have significantly cooled relations between Ukraine and the European Union.

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Open Society Foundations Welcome Charles Taylor Verdict
April 26, 2012
The guilty verdict in the trial of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, at the Special Court for Sierra Leone reinforces the rule of law, both in West Africa and around the world.

Stop Search
Broadway Theatre, Catford, London
April 27, 2012
Supported by the Open Society Foundations, this play examines the human story behind stop-and-search police powers in the United Kingdom.

Slavery by Another Name
MICA Brown Center, 1301 W Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD
May 22, 2012
Join us for a screening and discussion of the film Slavery by Another Name, which tells how even as slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking brutality.

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Open Society Advances in 2010–2011
May 2012
This report documents our work around the world supporting a wide range of partners and grantees to strengthen rights and justice, health, media and information, governance and accountability, and education and youth.

Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon
May 2012
Lebanon will have to make gigantic efforts before it can hope to embrace the digital era with a set of laws and regulations that could meet the needs of citizens and business, according to this report from the Open Society Foundations.

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