Vera Franz of the Open Society Foundations talks about the importance of reforming intellectual property rights, which affect everything from the availability of textbooks, software, and medicines, as well as innovation in technology and free communication on the Internet.
Posts Tagged “international law”
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Naomi Campbell is to be served a subpoena and compelled to testify in the war-crimes trial of Charles Taylor, about an alleged diamond gift she received from the former Liberian president in 1997.
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Doctors in the United States are taught "First, do no harm." But what ethical and legal standards govern when a medical professional who works for the CIA is present when "enhanced" interrogation methods are applied to a detainee?
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Health, Justice, Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: CIA, doctors, human rights, international law, interrogation, medicine, Nancy Chang, torture
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OSI's David Holiday spoke with the editor of El Faro about his recent exclusive interview with a former death squad member who participated in the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, one of the most shocking crimes in the modern history of El Salvador.
Posted in: Justice, Latin America & the Caribbean
Topics: Archbishop Oscar Romero, David Holiday, El Salvador, international law, journalism, video
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In 1992, Rosalind Williams—an African-American woman and naturalized Spanish citizen—stepped off the train at a railway station in Spain and was immediately asked to produce her ID. When asked why she was the only person being stopped, the police officer explained that he was following...
Posted in: Europe, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: ethnic profiling, international law, Rachel Aicher, Rosalind Williams, video
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President Obama has at least met his obligation not to permit disappearances or torture or cruel punishment under his watch; he has utterly failed to meet his commitment to accountability.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: accountability, international law, Morton Halperin, torture
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As an 18-year Air Force veteran with four combat tours, I can tell you a little about military culture and how dissenters are treated – as pariahs. Ironic considering that the U.S. Air Force was started by a dissenter, General Billy Mitchell, who sacrificed his career to stand up for his...
Posted in: Justice, Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: international law, interrogation, Iraq, Matthew Alexander, Muslims, torture, US military
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Much unease about the International Criminal Court boils down to one issue: how should its prosecutor decide, among thousands of crimes and perpetrators within his jurisdiction, which ones to charge? Prosecutorial discretion is a common method of triage in overcrowded legal systems. But it is...
Posted in: Justice
Topics: crimes against humanity, International Criminal Court, international law, James A. Goldston