Events
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Nov 18
November 18, 2013
12:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Celebrating Haiti’s Martissant Park
Panelists will discuss Martissant Park, an effort to preserve and honor the natural environment of Haiti inside Port-au-Prince’s clustered urban setting.
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Nov 15
November 15, 2013
9:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkRethinking Change in Haiti
A panel of experts including Michèle Pierre-Louis, president of the Open Society foundation in Haiti (FOKAL) and former prime minister of Haiti, discuss the dynamics of bringing change to Haiti.
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Nov 15
November 15, 2013
4:30–11:00 a.m. (EST)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Reichpietschufer 20, 10785 BerlinThe Eastern Partnership Before the Vilnius Summit: What Has Been Achieved and What Comes Next?
This event will present the Eastern Partnership Index and discuss the current state of reforms in the EaP states.
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Nov 14
November 14, 2013
1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkVisual Storytelling and Violence: A Conversation with Donna De Cesare and Fred Ritchin
Photojournalist Donna De Cesare speaks with NYU professor Fred Ritchin about her new book Unsettled: Children in a World of Gangs.
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Nov 13
November 13, 2013
9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations-New YorkLatin America and the Justice Cascade
Kathryn Sikkink and César Rodríguez-Garavito examine the new global trend of holding political leaders criminally accountable for past human rights violations through domestic and international prosecutions.
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Nov 12
November 12, 2013
1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonA Conversation with Guatemalan Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz
Claudia Paz y Paz, the trailblazing attorney general of Guatemala who pursued the prosecution of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, will discuss judicial reform.
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Nov 11
November 11, 2013
7:15 a.m. until
November 19, 2013
1:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCentral-American Domestic Workers and the Case of ASTRADOMES
This conversation looks at the work of ASTRADOMES (Association of Domestic Workers), which has advocated for the rights of female workers in Central America for more than 20 years.
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Nov 9
November 9, 2013
4:00 a.m. until
November 23, 2013
9:00 p.m. (EST)
Canal Street & 6th Avenue, Duarte Square, New York, NY 10013Talking Transition
For the first time in 12 years, New York City will have a new mayor. Two weeks of public events provide New Yorkers with a forum to share questions and ideas about the city’s future.
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Nov 6
November 6, 2013
1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights—1889 F St. NW, Room Rubén Darío, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20006From Rights to Remedies: Implementing International Human Rights Decisions
Too often the decisions of international human rights bodies are ignored by states unable or unwilling to implement them. A new book looks at how to connect court judgments and real change.
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Nov 6
November 6, 2013
9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (EST)
Eurocities, Square de Meeûs 1, 1000 BrusselsArmenia and Georgia: From Warsaw to Vilnius and Beyond
This event brings together experts from Armenia and Georgia to discuss both countries’ progress in implementing reforms ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius.
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Nov 4
November 4, 2013
1:30–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Rubinstein Auditorium, United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumOur Walls Bear Witness: The Plight of Burma’s Rohingya
Join us in bearing witness to the suffering of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Burma long considered among the world’s most persecuted peoples.
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Nov 4
November 4, 2013
6:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations-New YorkCuba’s Changing Economy: Challenges and Opportunities
This conversation explores how sweeping economic reforms and accompanying changes to the social contract are impacting life on the ground in Cuba.
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