Fifteen years after Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II, how effective has the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia been?
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Topics: Bosnia & Herzegovina, genocide, ICTY, Kelly Askin, Srebrenica
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An eye-opening documentary follows two attorneys as they attempt to prove the innocence of a young man wrongfully accused of murder, taking viewers behind the scenes into Mexico’s prisons and courtrooms.
Posted in: Justice, Latin America & the Caribbean
Topics: criminal justice reform, Denise Tomasini-Joshi, Mexico, pretrial detention
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While British police will no longer be able to stop and search individuals without reasonable suspicion of terrorism, they can still rely on other powers that are just as arbitrary and that disproportionately impact ethnic minorities.
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Naomi Campbell is to be served a subpoena and compelled to testify in the war-crimes trial of Charles Taylor, about an alleged diamond gift she received from the former Liberian president in 1997.
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The director of the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama talks about why, as a resident of the deep South and a social justice advocate, he believes New Orleans is an important place for action and support.
Posted in: Justice, Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: Bryan Stevenson, New Orleans
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Gina Womack of Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, a grantee of the Open Society Foundations, talks about the organization and its work.
Posted in: Education & Youth, Justice, United States
Topics: juvenile justice, Louisiana, Luisa Taveras
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Millions of ordinary people accused of petty crimes comprise the majority of the world's pretrial detainees—and in many countries they are routinely and systematically subjected to torture.
Posted in: Africa, Justice, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East
Topics: criminal justice reform, Kersty McCourt, pretrial detention, torture
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Increasing numbers of Europeans travel, work, and study in other EU member states—yet they are surprised to find that rights they had assumed would be available to them are not uniformly accorded across the EU.
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Once the immediate humanitarian and security crisis in Kyrgyzstan has been addressed, the international community should support an independent investigation into the violence and its origin, as well as effective post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation efforts.
Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, Justice
Topics: Central Asia, ethnic violence, Jeff Goldstein, Kyrgyzstan, refugees, Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
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Conflict in Kyrgyzstan, oil, new jail construction, and data transparency: highlights from OSI Twitter feeds this week.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Justice
Topics: criminal justice reform, follow friday, honduras, Kyrgyzstan, oil, transparency