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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
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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.

Fifteen Years of Human Rights Photography, Now Available Online

May 8, 2013 | by Amy Yenkin
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.

Rethinking Policing in the Age of AIDS

April 26, 2013 | by Aleksandr Zelichenko, Tan Sri Mohd Zaman Khan
Good drug policy is good AIDS policy. Drug users and sex workers benefit more from services than from beatings and prison. And as law enforcement officials committed to protecting the public, we can support public health.

Freedom of Information in India: Two Million Requests. Now What?

April 17, 2013 | by Emi MacLean
What do you get when the world’s largest democracy passes a right to information law? We visited the New Delhi office of information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi to find out.
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Women, Violence, and Burma: Reporting from the Frontlines in Kachin State

April 9, 2013 | by Zaynab Nawaz, Meghan O’Connor
People in Kachin State in Burma continue to endure devastating violence and human rights abuses. With limited humanitarian assistance available, local groups like the Kachin Women’s Association of Thailand are responding.

Returning Justice to the Fight Against Poverty

March 20, 2013 | by Chris Stone
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.

Uzbekistan Must End State-Sponsored Slavery

March 13, 2013 | by Mark P. Lagon, Bennett Freeman
Each year the Uzbek government forces hundreds of thousands of its own citizens to pick cotton. But the U.S. State Department now has a chance to pressure Uzbek authorities to curb human trafficking.

Burma in Transition

February 28, 2013 | by Zaw Zaw, Jeffrey Stein
Despite positive developments in Burma, the country remains mired in conflict. These photographs present a snapshot of life in Burma today, highlighting the causes for hope and progress and the immense challenges that remain.

Peace May Come to Turkey, but Justice There Remains a Paradox

February 18, 2013 | by Chris Stone
Perhaps peace between Turkey and the PKK can resolve the paradox that compromises the country’s otherwise admirable justice sector reforms.

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