Rights & Justice

Imprisoned Rights Defender in Kyrgyzstan Needs Immediate Medical Treatment
Press Release
January 30, 2012
The Open Society Justice Initiative and Physicians for Human Rights are gravely concerned about the health of Azimjon Askarov, a 60-year old human rights defender currently serving a life sentence in Kyrgyzstan following a manifestly unfair trial.

Call for Applications: Summer Course on Statelessness
January 25, 2012
The Open Society Justice Initiative and the Statelessness Programme at Tilburg University Law School invite applicants for a summer course on statelessness, to be held in Tilburg, The Netherlands, from July 23 to 27, 2012.

Call for Applications: Summer School in Human Rights Litigation
January 20, 2012
The Open Society Justice Initiative and Central European University invite applicants for the 2012 Summer School in Human Rights Litigation, to be held in Budapest from July 16 to 20.

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Women, War & Peace
OSI-New York
December 15, 2011
 AUDIO
Filmed in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Colombia, and Liberia, the five-hour series Women, War & Peace examines women's changing roles in conflict zones. This event features film excerpts and a discussion with the series co-creators.

Closing the Gap: City Leadership on Employment and Workforce Diversity
Online seminar
November 23, 2011
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Cohosted by the At Home in Europe Project and Cities of Migration, this webinar examines efforts made by municipal authorities to create more equal and diverse workforces.

The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade
OSI-New York
November 7, 2011
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A panel of experts discuss The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, by Open Society Fellow Andrew Feinstein.

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Drug Decriminalization in the UK: Is There a Disconnect Between Politicians and the Public?
Jonathan Price
February 1, 2012
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A recent BBC debate challenged the conventional wisdom that the UK public is unequivocally opposed to drug decriminalization and that political support for a more liberal drug policy is untenable.

They Go to Die: An Interview with Jonathan Smith
Brett Davidson
February 1, 2012
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Epidemiologist Jonathan Smith is working on a documentary film about the lives of four mineworkers who were dismissed from their jobs and sent home after contracting tuberculosis in the South African gold mines.

Case Watch: Pretrial Detention, Pilot Judgments and the European Court of Human Rights
Matthew Windsor
January 31, 2012
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Amid emotional, politicized attacks on the European Court of Human Rights, a recent ruling on pretrial detention that covers 250 Russian cases provides an eloquent witness for the defense.

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