Events
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Oct 15
October 15, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkHuman Rights and Their Limits
At this Open Society Institute event, Central European University professor Wiktor Osiatynski discusses how to balance human rights with democracy and other values.
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Oct 14
October 14, 2009
2:30–6:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWrong Color, Wrong Clothes: Accounts of Ethnic Profiling in France & United States
The Open Society Justice Initiative hosts a comparative discussion on documenting and challenging racial profiling in France and the United States.
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Sep 29
September 29, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkMoving Walls 16 Opening Reception
The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project is hosting an opening reception for Moving Walls 16, featuring work by Stefano De Luigi, Benjamin Lowy, Eugene Richards, Tomas van Houtryve, Paolo Woods, and Zalmaï.
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Sep 28
September 28, 2009
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkTransitional Justice and Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg discusses transitional justice in Liberia and the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Sep 25
September 25, 2009
1:30–7:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkA Question of Freedom
This Open Society Institute roundtable discussion features R. Dwayne Betts, author of A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison.
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Sep 23
September 23, 2009
1:30–7:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Future of Family Detention in America
Cosponsored by the Open Society Institute and the American Civil Liberties Union, this forum discusses The Least of These, the acclaimed documentary about the T. Don Hutto immigrant family detention center in Texas.
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Sep 22
September 22, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkAzerbaijan: Basic Freedoms Under Attack
In light of the arrest of two bloggers in Baku, speakers at this OSF forum explore the state of independent speech and free assembly in Azerbaijan.
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Sep 20
September 20, 2009
5:00 a.m. until
September 21, 2009
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Tzahnadzor, ArmeniaMonitoring Access to Health Services in Armenia's Prisons
During an OSI-sponsored workshop on access to health services in prisons and police detention centers, experts shared best practices in monitoring prison health conditions and created a tool that will be used in future monitoring visits.
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Sep 16
September 16, 2009
3:30–8:30 p.m. (EDT)
Baltimore, MDDo We Still Need to Talk About Race?
Ben Jealous, executive director of the NAACP, and Gerald Torres, professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the assumption that Americans now live in a "post-racial" era.
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Sep 15
September 15, 2009
2:30–6:30 p.m. (EDT)
New York CityWhistle-Blowers: A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg and John Dean
Daniel Ellsberg, whose leak of the Pentagon Papers helped bring down a presidency and end the Vietnam War, and John Dean, a key Watergate whistle-blower, speak about the perils of presidential overreach at this Open Society Institute event.
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Sep 7
September 7, 2009
6:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society European Policy Institute
BrusselsTurkey in Europe: Breaking the Vicious Circle
Sponsored by the European Policy Centre, in collaboration with the Open Society Institute and the British Council, this event examines Turkey and the EU accession process.
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Aug 3
August 3, 2009
3:00–8:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Reckoning
The Open Society Institute held a screening of this documentary about the International Criminal Court, followed by a discussion with the film s director and producer.
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