Rights & Justice

Mistaken Victim of CIA Rendition and Abuse Gets European Court Hearing
May 16, 2012
Khaled El-Masri was told by captors that he was in a place where "there is no law, no rights; no one knows where you are, and no one cares about you."

Joint Statement: Italy Should Leave its anti-Roma Emergency Decree in the Past
May 11, 2012
Five international and Italian Human Rights groups are calling on the Italian government to abandon its effort to keep the 2008 "Nomad Emergency" decree alive.

Wall of Silence over CIA Abuse Faces European Court Challenge
Press Release
May 10, 2012
The case of a German citizen wrongly seized in Macedonia and abused by the CIA in 2004 will be heard by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on Wednesday, May 16.

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Is Privacy Overhyped? Four Views of Technology, Security, and Democracy Online
OSI-New York
April 16, 2012
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What is the fate of privacy in our uncertain digital future? An opinionated group of panelists explores the commercial, policy, and national security implications of the privacy controversy.

Ending Demand to End Sex Trafficking: Does it Work?
OSI-New York
April 12, 2012
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Experts discuss “end demand” campaigns that are primarily focused on abolishing prostitution by criminalizing the consumers of commercial sex. Are such policies effective in curtailing trafficking, and what impact do they have on marginalized communities?

National Security Secrecy and Surveillance: Defending the Public's Right to Know
OSI-New York
April 4, 2012
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A panel of whistleblowers, transparency advocates, and expert journalists offer insights informed by their own encounters with national security secrecy and surveillance.

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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.

How Can the U.S. Help the Roma?
Zeljko Jovanovic
May 15, 2012
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The U.S. has announced it will join, as an observer, the Decade of Roma Inclusion, an international initiative to improve the well-being of Europe's most vulnerable minority. The decision has not come a moment too soon.

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.

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