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The Open Society Foundations joined a diverse coalition of organizations in calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold immediate hearings to address hate crimes in the United States.
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OSI-Baltimore’s “Talking About Race” series brings two experts to the Enoch Pratt Free Library to discuss the latest research on unconscious bias, which has been a theme throughout the series.
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The Open Society Foundations joined over 200 organizations after the tragic Oak Creek temple shootings to call on Americans to support Sikh communities and the core values of religious pluralism, equality, and inclusion.
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Hivos and Open Society Foundations are happy to announce the curators and concept selected for the Central Asian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2013.
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Europe's highest human rights court is being asked to address Romania's role in the CIA's torture, illegal detention and rendition of a Guantanamo detainee now facing a death penalty trial before a U.S. military commission.
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The newly appointed international investigating judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal must be free to work without the political interference that has increasingly threatened the court’s credibility.
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A decision from the UN Committee against Torture underlines widespread concerns about the use of torture by police in Kazakhstan.
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New research from six countries found that stop-and-search practices by the police are making sex workers less likely to carry condoms, said the Open Society Foundations.
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The European Court of Human Rights is pressing Poland for information and documents in the case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national who was imprisoned and tortured at a secret CIA detention center on its soil.
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New research reveals that Muslims in Waltham Forest have a stronger sense of local identity than national identity, according to a report released by the Open Society Foundations.
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The Open Society Justice Initiative welcomed the UN decision, which reaffirms essential protections for the five million children around the world who have no citizenship anywhere.
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The Open Society Justice Initiative has joined 12 other groups in urging the European Commission to come forward with promised proposals to set common minimum standards for pretrial detention across the EU’s member states.
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The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Slovenia to compensate thousands of people who were “erased” from its list of permanent residents after Slovenia gained independence from Yugoslavia two decades ago.
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The European Union has introduced a Strategic Framework for Human Rights and Democracy, an Action Plan for its implementation, and a proposal for a new EU Special Representative for Human Rights.
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Human rights organizations including the Open Society Foundations are calling on the president of Equatorial Guinea to take concrete steps to respect human rights, address corruption, and improve transparency.
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The combined effects of the new law on nationality introduced in South Sudan, and amendments made in response by the Republic of Sudan, may result in statelessness, argues a report from the Open Society Foundations.
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The Open Society Foundations welcomed a new regulation approved by the Moldovan government that will reform the system of care for children and adults with disabilities.
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Practitioner Guides and a companion website are tools for lawyers interested in taking patient rights cases on behalf of society’s most marginalized persons.
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The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling on the European Council of Ministers and Parliament to develop a strong EU Directive to guarantee the right to early access to legal representation for all people accused or suspected of crimes.
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The Open Society Foundations named Kenneth H. Zimmerman as the new director of its U.S. Programs.
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