Prisons in Brazil are severely overcrowded, and inhumane conditions are commonplace. But a new law emphasizing detention alternatives offers hope.
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The complicity of medical professionals in the abuse and torture of prisoners has been well documented. What is less recognized, though, is how state-sponsored violations of human rights can undermine medical professionalism in day-to-day clinical practice.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Rights & Justice
Topics: American Medical Association, Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, Farrah Matteen, forced sterilization, health care, Leonard Rubenstein, medical professionalism, pain relief, palliative care, Peru, public health, torture
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In Hungary, the victims of racist attacks are being remembered in an unconventional way: through a red-and-white bicycle known as the Rolling Memorial.
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Almost 3,000 Roma perished at Auschwitz in August of 1944. Almost 70 years later, we cannot remain complacent about the dangers posed by right-wing extremism.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: anti-Gypsyism, Auschwitz, Baro Porrajmos, Bernard Rorke, Blažej Růžička, Czech Republic, Great Devouring, Holocaust, Hungary, Janez Lenarčič, Jiří Růžička, Jobbik, Ketrin Balogh, Kisleta, Lety, Natálka Kudriková, Nazis, Norway, Ondřej Liška, Robika Csorba, Roma, Tatarszentgyorgy, Vaclav Havel, Vitkov, Zigeunerlager
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Young people can play a vital role in strengthening open society. That's why we're inviting them to submit proposals for innovative projects that help create a more inclusive Europe.
Posted in: Education & Youth, Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Europe, Islam, Islamophobia, migrants, Noel Selegzi, racism, tolerance, xenophobia, youth
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Italy's Supreme Court has ruled that the right to marriage cannot be curtailed by the country's efforts to control undocumented migration.
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The U.S. has said it will investigate only two out of almost 100 cases of alleged mistreatment of terrorism suspects by the CIA. But international investigations and legal action into the abuses mean the questions will not go away.
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A rights-based, cost-effective alternative to Soviet-style institutions for people with mental disabilities has emerged in Kyrgyzstan. But will the government adopt it?
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In this interview, Open Society Roma Initiatives Fellow Mensur Haliti explains why census mobilization matters, and what drives his personal commitment to Roma emancipation.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Albania, Balkan Egyptians, Balkans, Bernard Rorke, Blindspot, Bosnia & Herzegovina, census, citizenship, Decade of Roma Inclusion, European Roma Rights Centre, European Union, Forum of Roma IDPs, Ivaca Dacic, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mensur Haliti, Montenegro, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, refugees, Roma, Serbia, statelessness, use your ballot wisely, Yugoslavia
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After two years of consultations on the right of free of expression, the UN Human Rights Committee has strengthened protections for new media, and says blasphemy laws should not be used to restrict legitimate free expression.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Article 19, blasphemy, European Court of Human Rights, General Comment No.34, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, international justice, Organization of Islamic Conference, Sandra Coliver, UN Human Rights Committee, UN Human Rights Council