Interview: How Malawi Put Access to Justice on the UN's Agenda
Kersty McCourt
May 23, 2012
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Clifford Msiska, the head of Malawi's Paralegal Advisory Service Institute, talks about how an innovative legal aid scheme for pretrial detainees in Malawi sowelaid the grounwork for new global UN guidelines on access to legal advice.

Debating Human Rights Funding in the EU
Israel Butler
May 22, 2012
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The European Commission has suggested dropping human trafficking, violence against women, and racism as problems that should be addressed with EU funding. No reason has been put forward as to why.

Case Watch: UN Rejects Evidence Obtained Under Torture
Ben Batros
May 22, 2012
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Many of the cases brought before the UN Committee against Torture are brought by people who claim that their extradition or deportation would put them at risk of torture. But sometimes, the situation is compounded. What if a request for extradition was itself based on evidence obtained through torture?

Project Prevention: Mothers and Children Speak Out
Tamas Varga
May 21, 2012
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National Advocates for Pregnant Women offer a poignant video response to efforts to spread dangerous and dehumanizing claims about mothers who have used drugs.

Ukraine's Environment Faces Threat from Proposed Law
Halya Coynash
May 21, 2012
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Proposed changes to Ukraine's environmental regulatory system would centralize power, at the expense of local accountability and transparency.

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.