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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.
Case Watch: A New Perspective on France’s Ban on Religious Headcoverings in Schools
May 15, 2013 | 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.
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?
Open Space and Open Society in Haiti
May 15, 2013 | Building a park requires green space; building a community requires dialogue. Martissant Park has both.
Promoting the Dignity of the Invisible and Marginalized
May 14, 2013 | The 2013 Soros Justice Fellows work on behalf of constituencies often given little voice or visibility.
Q&A
Freedom of Expression Should Not Be a Luxury: LGBTI Rights in Georgia
May 14, 2013 | The director of IDENTOBA, an Open Society grantee working in Georgia, speaks frankly about the barriers faced there by the LGBTQI community.
Case Watch: Politics, Justice, and Article 18
May 14, 2013 | 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.
A Dream That Begins with Green Space
May 13, 2013 | The vision of an open space comes alive at Martissant Park in Haiti, giving new life and new meaning to a place that might easily have been destroyed.
In Haiti, a Refuge for the Living and the Dead
May 13, 2013 | In Martissant Park, the only public park in Port-au-Prince, people find a pride of place and a hallowed ground to remember their dead.
All Kids Deserve a Second Chance
May 10, 2013 | The practice of putting children on sex offender registries is one glaring example of how we have failed to provide true justice for kids.