A look back at how a simple but revolutionary idea helped prevent torture in some of the world’s darkest places.
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A security guard escorts an inmate past a jail in Boychinovtsi, Bulgaria, on January 29, 2015, a facility where staff have been accused of routinely beating the inmates with bats and broomsticks.
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Book Launch—Five Ideas to Fight For: How Our Freedom Is Under Threat and Why It Matters
In this livestreamed event, leading human rights lawyer Anthony Lester discusses his new book, which presents a powerful account of what’s needed to protect our hard-won rights and freedoms.
Fact Sheet
Everywhere Justice: Delivering Community Justice Services at Scale
This series of fact sheets outlines a range of different approaches to the provision of primary legal services around the world
Voices
Four Countries That Opened Their Closed Institutions—and Prevented Torture
A look back at how a simple but revolutionary idea helped prevent torture in some of the world’s darkest places.
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Book Launch: How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
In this live-streamed event, Rosa Brooks discusses her new book, which examines what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased.
Voices
Time for Transparency in the Machinery of Global Rights
A drive for transparency over the selection of the next UN Secretary General reflects similar efforts by civil society in the global human rights system.
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Fueling Economic Advancement and Empowerment Through Land Rights
This discussion examines the importance of land rights to open society priorities, how land rights create a foundation for other interventions, and the opportunities and challenges facing a growing land rights movement.