Grantee Spotlight
May 22, 2013 |
by Guido Romeo
When it comes to access to information (the public’s right to obtain and use information), Italy’s institutions are in a dire state, according to a new study.
Grantee Spotlight
May 21, 2013 |
by Gerard Ryle, Marina Walker-Guevarra
Offshore financial secrecy has spread aggressively around the globe, allowing the wealthy to avoid taxes, and fueling corruption and economic woes, according to a new investigative journalism project.
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.
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.
Q&A
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.
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.
May 10, 2013 |
by Eleanor Kelly
In Frumuşani, the Roma Education Fund, supported by the World Bank and Open Society Foundations, is working to break through barriers local Roma children face when it comes to completing their primary school education.
Q&A
May 9, 2013 |
by Debora Guidetti, Clara Grosset
Slavery has been recognized as a crime against humanity. Shouldn’t the descendants of those subjected to slavery receive reparations?
May 8, 2013 |
by Michelle Dellatorre
A recent case at the UN illustrates the challenges that Roma communities face in asserting their right to protect the homes they have created on the margins of both society and the legal system.
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.
