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Making Laws Work for Patients

May 16, 2013 | by Tamar Ezer

Open Space and Open Society in Haiti

May 15, 2013 | by Cécile Marotte

Open Society Voices

Education for All in Kyrgyzstan

May 16, 2013 | by Valentyn Deichman
What does inclusive education look like in Kyrgyzstan? At Obereg Rehabilitation Center, some students are finding out.

Making Laws Work for Patients

May 16, 2013 | by Tamar Ezer
Violations of human rights in health care are widespread in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. A series of how-to manuals offers lawyers, patients, and health officials tools for ensuring proper treatment and care for all.

Case Watch: A New Perspective on France's Ban on Religious Headcoverings in Schools

May 15, 2013 | by Michelle Dellatorre, Maxim Ferschtman
The UN Human Rights Commission has found that a 2004 French ban on religious headcoverings at public schools breached a Sikh student's right to religious freedom.

Will Brazil Support Compulsory Drug Treatment?

May 15, 2013 | by Julita Lemgruber
If compulsory treatment of people with drug dependence has been condemned by jurists as unconstitutional and by health care professionals as a complete absurdity — why would the Brazilian government support such an approach?

Open Space and Open Society in Haiti

May 15, 2013 | by Cécile Marotte
Building a park requires green space; building a community requires dialogue. Martissant Park has both.

Promoting the Dignity of the Invisible and Marginalized

May 14, 2013 | by Adam Culbreath
The 2013 Soros Justice Fellows work on behalf of constituencies often given little voice or visibility.
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Freedom of Expression Should Not Be a Luxury: LGBTI Rights in Georgia

May 14, 2013 | by Zoe Brogden
The director of IDENTOBA, an Open Society grantee working in Georgia, speaks frankly about the barriers faced there by the LGBTQI community.

Case Watch: Politics, Justice, and Article 18

May 14, 2013 | by Marina Ilminska
The European Court of Human Rights seldom rules on Article 18 of the European Convention. But several recent high profile cases have brought it into the spotlight.

A Dream That Begins with Green Space

May 13, 2013 | by Lorraine Mangonès
The vision of an open space comes alive at Martissant Park in Haiti, giving new life and new meaning to a place that might easily have been destroyed.

In Haiti, a Refuge for the Living and the Dead

May 13, 2013 | by Michèle Pierre-Louis
In Martissant Park, the only public park in Port-au-Prince, people find a pride of place and a hallowed ground to remember their dead.

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