The internet is a powerful organizing tool, but it also enables digital surveillance and censorship by repressive regimes—much of it facilitated by products manufactured by Western companies.
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Posted in: Media & Arts, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: Becky Hogge, digital surveillance, Eric King, grantee spotlight, Privacy International
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Connecting vast numbers of scientists and ordinary citizens, online tools make scientific problem-solving faster and more efficient. But for these collaborations to reach their full potential, the culture of science must become much more open.
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In a setback for equal rights, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a series of petitions challenging a law that, among other things, makes it impossible for Palestinians to acquire Israeli citizenship through marriage.
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A landmark report by the UN Commissioner for Human Rights documents serious human rights abuses perpetrated against sexual and gender minorities worldwide. This is a positive step forward and a victory for LGBT activists who risk their lives fighting for human rights in every corner of the globe.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Brazil, Chile, David Scamell, El Salvador, HIV/AIDS, human rights, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, law and health, LGBTI, public health, rape, sexual health and rights, Tonga, transgender, UN Human Rights Council, United States, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, violence against women
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I am happy to announce that Christopher Stone, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and an expert in criminal justice with extensive international experience, will take the helm as president of the Open Society Foundations in the second half of next year.
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Libya says it wants to put Saif al-Qaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi on trial in Tripoli, rather than send them to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But its leaders' options are constrained by their international obligations.
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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.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights, Ban Ki-moon, European Court of Human Rights, extraordinary chambers in the courts of cambodia, high-level segment, ICC, International Criminal Court, international justice, James A. Goldston, Kenya, Ocampo Six, rule of law, Southern African Development Community, Teodoro Obiang, UN Human Rights Committee, UN treaty bodies
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This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was a refreshing acknowledgment of courageous female leaders who are struggling for a peaceful way forward where women and men are provided equal opportunities to flourish in society.
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The latest twist in the saga of the fall of the Qaddafi regime has again focused attention on the relationship between Libya and the International Criminal Court, and on the broad question of how to obtain accountability for national and international crimes.
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Electric shocks, hanging detainees from ceilings, beatings, and sexual assault. When will international forces and the Afghan government truly grapple with the problem of the abuse of detainees?
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