Events are unfolding in Ukraine with such speed that it’s impossible to predict what will happen. What is certain, however, is that so much is at stake for its citizens.
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Sentencing Private Manning
August 21, 2013 | Private Bradley Manning has been given a 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified U.S. government documents. What penalty would be considered proportionate to the harm caused under international standards?
Grantee Spotlight
Boosting College Readiness Among Black and Latino Males
August 15, 2013 | In New York City, growing numbers of black and Latino males are graduating from high school. However, very few of them are being prepared to thrive in college.
Grantee Spotlight
To Advance Rights, Sex Workers Tell Their Stories
August 13, 2013 | In Ukraine, sex worker advocates harness the power of storytelling to convince unlikely allies, like the police, to respect their rights.
Victory for New Yorkers: Judge Rules Against Stop-and-Frisk
August 13, 2013 | The historic ruling confirms what people across New York City have been expressing for months: stop-and-frisk harasses and humiliates New Yorkers who are doing nothing wrong, and it violates their constitutional rights.
Case Watch: Europe’s Economic Crisis Comes to the ECHR
August 9, 2013 | The European Court of Human Rights has explicitly rejected Hungary’s argument that the economic crisis justified a policy that violated human rights.
Grantee Spotlight
From the Yellow River to the East River
August 8, 2013 | Photographer Ian Teh’s haunting images of the cost of industrialization along China’s Yellow River appear in an unconventional exhibit on a New York City ferry.
Justice Doesn’t Come Cheap. Can the ICC Afford It?
August 7, 2013 | With a possible new investigation in Nigeria looming, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor has made a first ever request for substantial new financial support. Will states pay up?
Troubled Khmer Rouge Investigation Raises New Transparency Concerns
August 6, 2013 | Lawyers representing a suspect under investigation by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal have been denied access to the case file, in spite of repeated requests.
The Media and Trayvon Martin: The Hard Truth
August 5, 2013 | In the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, the media needs to ask itself whether its distorted coverage of communities of color is hurting the country.
Faulty FBI Background Checks Harm Job Seekers and Workers
August 1, 2013 | A new report exposes serious flaws in the FBI records that potentially harm hundreds of thousands of job seekers and workers each year.