VC v Slovakia: A Step Toward Justice for Roma Women
Christina Zampas
November 18, 2011
 BLOG
Advocates scored a major legal victory when the European Court of Human Rights ruled that forced sterilization is a violation of the right to be free from torture or inhuman and degrading treatment. This groundbreaking judgment is a step forward for efforts to bring justice to the potentially thousands of Roma women who were sterilized without their consent in Central and Eastern Europe.
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The Power of Women in West Africa
Massa S. S. Crayton
November 16, 2011
BLOG
Women's participation is critical in reconciliation and reconstruction efforts, as the work of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee has shown. Yet the immense resources women can bring to peace-building remain largely untapped.
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Forging a New Path to Gender Justice
Alison Cole
November 16, 2011
BLOG
Over the past two decades, international courts have galvanized a global movement recognizing sexual violence as an instrument of war and oppression.
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The Risks of Permanent Punishment
Leonard Noisette
November 15, 2011
BLOG
If we truly want people to come out of prison with the ability to fully re-engage as productive citizens, why do we deliberately disconnect them?
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UN Should Establish a Global Fund for Justice
James A. Goldston
November 14, 2011
BLOG
The ICC is likely here to stay. The same cannot be said for many other arms of the system of international justice, as governments aggressively push back against institutions and regional courts whose job is to deliver justice for victims of gross abuse.
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Hope in a Soda Bottle
Chuck Sudetic
November 14, 2011
BLOG
Amos Montreuil Jean, an EARTH University scholarship recipient, will help his community in Port-au-Prince build simple systems to produce food and medicines on their own using commonplace items.
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Cultivating a Future Without Poverty
Martha Loerke
November 14, 2011
BLOG
Opportunities are painfully scarce for even the brightest, most accomplished students in Haiti, Mozambique, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The Open Society Foundations and EARTH University are helping increase the pool of educated, committed young people who will in turn foster economic growth in their homelands.
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EU Member States Must Not Let Euro Zone Crisis Weaken Commitments to Roma
Press Release
November 8, 2011
George Soros and members of the European Parliament gathered in Brussels to encourage member states to stand firm behind an agreed blueprint for ending discrimination against the Roma and improving their educational, housing, and employment opportunities and access to quality health care.
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