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Privacy, PRISM, and the Future of Surveillance
June 18, 2013
A Fresh Start for U.S. Policy in Central Africa
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A Step Forward for Children with Autism in Tajikistan
June 11, 2013 | Parents of children with autism in Tajikistan have little access to information about how to support their children’s development, and they face significant discrimination. The organization IRODA is working to change that.
Designing for Essential Medicine
May 29, 2013 | A partnership between Open Society Foundations and Parsons The New School for Design challenges graphic design students to apply their skills to advocacy for public health.
New and Improved? Examining the Global Fund’s New Funding Model
May 24, 2013 | As the Global Fund re-envisions its process, civil society can help ensure that marginalized and criminalized communities voices are heard, and human rights remain a priority.
A New Beginning on Drug Policy
May 22, 2013 | A new report from the Organization of American States envisions possibilities for ending the war on drugs and introducing policies rooted in public health and human rights.
Making Laws Work for Patients
May 16, 2013 | 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.
Will Brazil Support Compulsory Drug Treatment?
May 15, 2013 | 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?
Pretrial Detention: Jailed with no Trial, Condemned to Illness and Death
May 9, 2013 | Condemning people to pain and illness while they wait for a trial isn’t justice, it’s cruelty. And it must stop.
Fifteen Years of Human Rights Photography, Now Available Online
May 8, 2013 | The Open Society Foundations are making available to the public an expansive documentary photography collection chronicling some of the most pressing human rights and social issues of our times.
President Obama and #DrugPolicyReform: A Leap in the Right Direction
April 29, 2013 | On April 24, the Obama Administration released its 2013 National Drug Control Strategy—and it contains some huge gains for harm reduction advocates.
Condemning Sex Workers is a Dangerous Proposition
April 26, 2013 | The “anti-prostitution pledge” detracts from the very goals of the U.S.’s HIV and AIDS programs, and violates first amendment rights.