Nick Glynn is a police officer who has served with the Leicestershire Constabulary for over 20 years. He estimates that he has been stopped over 30 times, mainly while driving. The experience of repeat stop and searches has lead Nick to develop and deliver training courses for police officers on stop and search and its impact.
“Being singled out to be stopped because of your color has a horrible effect on you. It’s like something you want to keep to yourself as well because there’s a bit of embarrassment there, and you don’t want to tell your friends and family about it. It’s upsetting. It keeps you awake at night as you relive the experience.”
How many times have you been stopped and searched by the police? In Europe, the answer to that question is too often determined by the color of your skin. And how does that feel? We all need to know.
James A. Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, says that the concept of the rule of law can command consensus in a divided world.
The Millennium Development Goals are about to expire and the world is debating how to do things better. Let’s make access to justice part of the new agenda.
The Open Society Foundations advance human rights and justice around the world by advocating equality for minorities and women, supporting international war crimes tribunals, and helping institute national legal reforms to ensure freedom of information, promote sentencing alternatives, and protect the rights of criminal defendants.
Have you have you found a way to break in? Have you suffered a break-in? Come hear a night of lively personal stories from ex-lawyers, sword swallowers, former kids, and more.
The world is again debating its development agenda and how to do things better. One way is to make justice a key component of development.
Guatemala’s current president has joined those warning against a finding of genocide in the trial of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt.
The opening of hearings in the International Criminal Court's case against Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast, comes at a critical time for the tribunal.
