The first man to be tried by the International Criminal Court has been released once again. But the Trial Chamber's decision does send a deeply important message about the ICC: this is no kangaroo court.
Archive for July, 2010
-
no comments
-
A new model provides a step toward finally making the presumption of innocence—and the humane treatment that goes along with it—a reality in Mexico.
Posted in: Justice, Latin America & the Caribbean
Topics: Ana Aguilar, juvenile justice, Mexico, pretrial detention
-
This week, the Open Society Twitter-sphere included a look at women's rights in Turkey, Louisiana as America's "Petro-State," and the critical role of drug policy reform in HIV prevention.
Posted in: Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: donors, oil, prisons, sex workers, Turkey, women's rights
-
Eighteen years ago, as the country of Yugoslavia began to break apart, Mustafa Kuric became stateless. Last week, the European Court of Human Rights took a small step toward redressing the injustice that Kuric and thousands of other long-term residents of Slovenia suffered.
Posted in: Europe, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: citizenship, European Court of Human Rights, James A. Goldston, Slovenia, statelessness, Yugoslavia
-
Chris Ford, the founder of International Doctors for Healthy Drug Policies, talks about why drug policy reform is essential to combating HIV/AIDS.
-
Fifteen years after Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II, how effective has the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia been?
Topics: Bosnia & Herzegovina, genocide, ICTY, Kelly Askin, Srebrenica
-
Does reporting on FARC make you a terrorist? Do low-income farmers who pay for equipment do better than those that don't? This week's selection of tweets from the Open Society Foundations and staff cover those issues and more.
Posted in: Asia, Media & Arts
Topics: Brock Boddie
-
A campaign aims to address the state of education in South Africa, where only seven percent of public schools have functional libraries.
Posted in: Africa, Education & Youth
Topics: Hamza Aktan, schools, Soccer World Cup, South Africa
-
Singer Annie Lennox joins HIV/AIDS leaders and activists in Vienna this month to call on governments to protect the human rights of vulnerable groups worldwide.
Posted in: Europe, Health, Rights & Equality
Topics: Annie Lennox, Austria, HIV/AIDS, human rights, Paul Silva
-
While many countries use UN World Drug Day as an occasion to persecute--and even execute--drug users, some organizations took the opportunity to emphasize the need for honest debate about drugs and for policies which seek to treat, not punish.
Posted in: Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Rights & Equality
Topics: Alexandra Kirby, Brazil, China, death penalty, drug policy, drug treatment, harm reduction, Iran, Vietnam