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Case Watch: UN Upholds Rights of Independent Election Monitors
May 30, 2013 | A case from Belarus helps broaden the interpretation of the right of every citizen to take part in the conduct of public affairs.
Delinking Immigration and National Security
May 30, 2013 | The current debate on immigration reform is a moment for us to delink the issues of national security and immigration.
Grantee Spotlight
A Clinic Offers Afghan Women Legal Aid—and Hope
May 30, 2013 | A visit to a pro-bono legal clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan, reveals a legal system that often turns those trying to protect themselves into criminals.
Grantee Spotlight
Pursuing Justice for Rape Victims with Intellectual Disabilities
May 30, 2013 | Rape victims who have intellectual disabilities are frequently victimized twice: once during the commission of a crime, and again when their cases go to trial.
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.
Case Watch: British Judges Raise Standards for Investigating Wartime Abuses
May 29, 2013 | The High Court in London has ordered the UK government to overhaul the way it investigates hundreds of allegations of unlawful killings and detainee abuse by British soldiers in Iraq.
Q&A
Justice 2015: Redefining the World’s Development Agenda
May 29, 2013 | The countries of the world are drawing up development priorities for the next decade and beyond. A brief introduction to the process.
News Digest: New Yorker Releases Strongbox Platform for Safer News Leaking
May 29, 2013 | Weekly roundup of news and analysis compiled by the Information Program. This week’s top story concerns a new tool for anonymous communication between journalists and sources launched by the New Yorker.
Case Watch: A Court in Pakistan Addresses U.S. Drone Attacks
May 28, 2013 | The Peshawar High Court has ruled that U.S. drone attacks on Pakistani territory are illegal, but without delivering solid supporting legal arguments.
Immigration Reform in Post-9/11 America
May 28, 2013 | Being an immigrant in post-9/11 America has come at a heavy price for many South Asians, Muslims, Sikhs, and Arab Americans.