Events
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Jul 16
July 16, 2012
8:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New York(Mis)understanding Human Trafficking: Labor Law, Migration, and Human Rights
Open Society Fellow Janie Chuang explores the role of labor law in preventing human trafficking, protecting vulnerable migrant workers, and holding perpetrators accountable for abuses of migrants’ rights.
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Jun 28
June 28, 2012
8:15 a.m.–1:45 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkFixing the Democracy Discourse: How Autocratic Regimes Undermine Democratic Institutions in the West
This panel discussion examines how nondemocratic regimes in the former Soviet Union have increased their efforts to influence policymakers and public opinion in the United States and the European Union.
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Jun 26
June 26, 2012
1:30–7:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDispatches from a Post-Western Landscape: Geopolitical Competition, Regime Survival and “Local Rules” in Central Asia
This panel event, featuring Alexander Cooley, author of Great Games, Local Rules, examines Central Asia's lessons for governing a multipolar or “post-Western” world.
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Jun 20
June 20, 2012
5:30–11:00 a.m. (EDT)
OSI-Washington, D.C.Q & A with the U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Heroes
This event presents an opportunity for the public to engage with individuals from around the world who've been honored by the U.S. State Department for their efforts to combat human trafficking.
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Jun 11
June 11, 2012
5:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Room A, Club de la Fondation Universitaire, Rue d’Egmont 11, 1000, BrusselsNigeria’s Stability: The Constitutional Reform and Beyond
This briefing will analyze to what extent Nigeria’s planned constitutional reform could bring substantial change to the country's political and socio-economic system.
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Jun 7
June 7, 2012
8:15 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society European Policy Institute
BrusselsCentral Asia’s Border Woes and the Impacts of International Assistance
George Gavrilis, director of the Hollings Centre for International Dialogue, discusses how international border assistance programs in Central Asia can be made more effective.
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May 31
May 31, 2012
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkMaking Human Rights Advocacy in the U.S. Effective
Open Society Foundations president Aryeh Neier moderates a discussion with the recipients of a fellowship that provides talented young activists the opportunity to work with experts at the ACLU and Human Rights Watch to strengthen respect for...
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May 22
May 22, 2012
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
MICA Brown Center, 1301 W Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MDSlavery by Another Name
Join us for a screening and discussion of the film Slavery by Another Name, which tells how even as slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking brutality.
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May 22
May 22, 2012
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkSo Rich, So Poor: A Conversation with Peter Edelman
Peter Edelman, who famously resigned from the Clinton administration to protest the treatment of the nation’s poor, joins Laura Flanders, host of GRITtv with Laura Flanders, to discuss the poverty crisis in America today.
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May 16
May 16, 2012
9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EDT)
OSI-BaltimoreAddressing Challenges to Indigent Defense at Bail Hearings
As part of Open Society Institute–Baltimore’s commitment to advancing fair pretrial policies and practices, local and national experts will inform participants about local and national bail reform initiatives.
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May 16
May 16, 2012
5:30–9:30 a.m. (EDT)
OSI-Washington, D.C.Effective Indigent Criminal Defense in Post Conflict and Transitional Settings: Advances and Challenges
This panel discusses strategies for ensuring early access to quality legal defense for the poor and the protection of defendants’ rights globally.
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May 15
May 15, 2012
1:15–5:15 p.m. (EDT)
CopenhagenThe New Face of Digital Populism
This event marks the launch of the third in a series of country-specific papers from Demos, focusing on Denmark and Facebook fans of the Danish People's Party.
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