Justice

Groundbreaking Decision on Statelessness in Europe
July 16, 2010
The European Court of Human Rights acknowledged the need to avoid making people stateless in its decision on Kuric and Others v. Slovenia.

Khmer Rouge Tribunal to Benefit from UN Oversight
Press Release
July 6, 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s appointment of a UN Special Expert on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has the potential to revitalize the tribunal and help curb political interference.

Call for EU Measures to Guarantee the Rights of Defendants in Criminal Proceedings
June 29, 2010
The Open Society Institute, Amnesty International EU Office, European Criminal Bar Association, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and JUSTICE urge the European Commission to present the proposed Directive on Information on Rights and Information about the Charges without delay.

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Exposing Statelessness: Understanding the Plight of Burma's Rohingya
OSI-New York
May 27, 2010
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Using Saiful Huq Omi’s photographs and a recent report from Physicians for Human Rights as a point of departure, this panel explores the impact of statelessness on the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority in western Burma.

Who Sold These Weapons? The Accomplice Liability of Arms Vendors for International Crimes
OSI-New York
May 24, 2010
 AUDIO
James Stewart, an Open Society Fellow and former war crimes prosecutor, explores the implications of attempts to prosecute businessmen who supply weapons to notoriously brutal regimes.

The Cost of Conscience—The Hidden Challenges of Dissent in the Workplace
Center for American Progress, Washington D.C.
May 11, 2010
 VIDEO  
Three distinguished Open Society Fellows discuss their experiences working inside large organizations with which they often had profound disagreements of conscience.

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The Struggle Against Statelessness Advances in Strasbourg
James A. Goldston
July 21, 2010
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Eighteen years ago, as the country of Yugoslavia began to break apart, Mustafa Kuric became stateless. Last week, the European Court of Human Rights took a small step toward redressing the injustice that Kuric and thousands of other long-term residents of Slovenia suffered.

Imperfect Justice: The Impact of the Yugoslav Tribunal
Kelly Askin
July 16, 2010
 BLOG  
Fifteen years after Europe's worst atrocity since World War II, how effective has the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia been?

Exposing Mexico's Poisoned Justice System
Denise Tomasini-Joshi
July 13, 2010
 BLOG  
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.

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