Fair Trials International is working to counter abuses of Interpol’s global “wanted persons” alerts, which are being used to target refugees, human rights defenders, journalists, and peaceful political activists. Speakers: Jago Russell. (Recorded: Jun 11, 2015)
Patrick Ball of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group presents real-world cases of how accurately understanding patterns of violence is increasingly important to advancing rights and justice. Speakers: Patrick Ball, Elizabeth Eagen. (Recorded: May 28, 2015)
Open Society grantees discuss the context of racially charged troubles in Ferguson, Missouri, and current prospects for change. Speakers: Janai Nelson, Montague Simmons, Jeff Ordower. (Recorded: Apr 3, 2015)
Representatives from the Media Legal Defence Initiative discuss its work defending journalists, bloggers, and independent media against legal threats. Speakers: Nani Jansen, Peter Noorlander, Darian Pavli, Dirk Voorhoof. (Recorded: Mar 12, 2015)
Celebrating the publication of two important new books, this event highlights some of the latest research on school discipline and will present substantive solutions for the future. Speakers: Dan Losen, Marsha Weissman. (Recorded: Mar 11, 2015)
Svitlana Zalishchuk, a Maidan activist and now a parliamentarian in the Rada, discusses challenges reformers face in creating a “New Ukraine” in the context of war in the Eastern part of the country. Speakers: Leonard Benardo, Svitlana Zalishchuk. (Recorded: Mar 10, 2015)
Pivot Legal Society’s Katrina Pacey and Adrienne Smith discuss how the organization is advancing rights in Canada through litigation and advocacy. Speakers: Sebastian Kohn, Katrina Pacey, Adrienne Smith. (Recorded: Mar 2, 2015)
Drug courts, presented as an alternative to incarceration, are themselves controversial and problematic. Do these mandatory, court-supervised drug treatment programs hold up to scrutiny? Speakers: Jason Cherkis, Rick Jones, Jim Parsons, Elaine Pawlowski, Denise Tomasini-Joshi. (Recorded: Feb 25, 2015)
A panel honors the contributions of Dr. Clyde Snow, who pioneered the critically important use of forensic anthropology in investigating human rights abuses. Speakers: Susan Meiselas, Aryeh Neier, Paco de Onís, Fredy Peccerelli, Pamela Yates. (Recorded: Jan 20, 2014)
Stephen Kotkin and Bill Keller discuss Stalin’s history and how its reading could shed light on the public and political life of Putin’s Russia. Speakers: Leonard Benardo, Bill Keller, Stephen Kotkin. (Recorded: Jan 15, 2015)
Synthesizing lessons from three movements—disability rights, workers’ rights, and global health—three Open Society Fellows explore strategies and tactics potentially applicable across a range of issue areas. Speakers: Michael Bach, Gregg Gonsalves, Jennifer Gordon, Emily Martinez. (Recorded: Jan 24, 2015)
Human Rights Center of the Mountain Tlachinollan provides updates concerning the case of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa who were kidnapped and are presumed to have been murdered in Iguala. Speakers: Abel Barrera, Sandra Coliver, María Luisa Aguilar Rodríguez. (Recorded: Dec 15, 2014)
Peter Pomerantsev, Michael Weiss, and Rabab El Mahdi discuss the deployment of propaganda and mis/disinformation in Russia and Egypt. Speakers: Leonard Benardo, Rabab El Mahdi, Peter Pomerantsev, Michael Weiss. (Recorded: Dec 11, 2014)
Asi Burak, president of Games for Change, presents an overview of the latest case studies, trends, challenges, and success stories in the growing field of digital games designed for social impact. Speakers: Asi Burak, Maryanne Olson. (Recorded: Dec 10, 2014)
Can lessons on peace building in Kyrgyzstan work in Ukraine? Speakers: Jeff Goldstein, Nicholas Megoran, Inna Pidluska. (Recorded: Nov. 14, 2014)
Representatives from a coalition of rights-based organizations discuss their call for a new approach to United Nations drug policy. Speakers: Patrick Gallahue, Danny Kushlick, Jorge Javier Romero, Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno. (Recorded: Nov. 12, 2014)
Open Society Fellow Ben Rawlence discusses how best to promote a broad-based culture of education and opportunity among refugee populations. Speakers: Martha Loerke, Ben Rawlence. (Recorded: Oct. 29, 2014)
Kishore Singh presents key findings and recommendations from his recent report to the UN General Assembly, which examines how privatization adversely impacts the right to education. Speakers: Betsy Apple, Trine Petersen, Kishore Singh. (Recorded: Oct. 28, 2014)
The author of a recently released Open Society Justice Initiative report on the arbitrary and excessive use of pretrial detention presents the report’s key findings and recommendations. Speaker: Martin Schoenteich. (Recorded: Oct. 15, 2014)
Milka Tadic Mijovic sheds some light on the current situation of media and journalists in her home country of Montenegro and in the region more broadly. Speakers: Milka Tadic Mijovic, Beka Vuco. (Recorded: Sep. 30, 2014)
Open Society Fellow Prashant Sharma discusses unintended consequences of India’s Right to Information Act. Speakers: Subarna Mathes, Prashant Sharma. (Recorded: Sep 29, 2014)
This conversation looks at the situation of art and artists across the Arab region, with a focus on the role of artists in the political turmoil of recent years. Speakers: Lara Baladi, Anthony Richter, Oussama Rifahi. (Recorded: Sep. 22, 2014)
Martin Macwan of Navsarjan Trust speaks about educational, socioeconomic, and legal interventions that have enabled Dalit people (previously known as “untouchables”) to triumph against severe discrimination in India. Speakers: Martin Macwan, Dierdre Williams. (Recorded: Sep 10, 2014)
Panelists discuss Freedom Summer, a Stanley Nelson documentary about the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, which occurred 50 years ago this year and proved to be instrumental in the U.S. movement for civil rights. Speakers: Allison Brown, Courtland Cox, Anna Csilla Daróczi, Aryeh Neier, Jonathan Stith. (Recorded: Sep 08, 2014)
Inna Pidluska of Ukraine’s International Renaissance Foundation discusses Ukraine’s evolving political culture, early elections, and potential opportunities for civil society and parliamentarians to pursue a reform agenda. Speakers: Tatyana Margolin and Inna Pidluska. (Recorded: Aug 22, 2014)
A panel of grantmakers and practitioners explores the promise and perils of strategic litigation, often a hallmark of Open Society Foundations’ funding and operations. Speakers: Noeline Blackwell, James Goldston, Brian Kearney-Grieve, Gilbert Marcus. (Recorded: Jul 17, 2014)
Laura Reed of Freedom House and Darian Pavli of the Open Society Justice Initiative discuss a recent controversial decision by the European Court of Justice about search engine results. Speakers: Laura Guzman, Darian Pavli, Laura Reed. (Recorded: Jul 16, 2014)
This discussion focuses on the selection and vetting of United Nations peacekeepers, and how to ensure perpetrators of grave human rights violations are excluded from selection. Speakers: Suhas Chakma, Jerry Fowler, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Mandira Sharma. (Recorded: Jul 08, 2014)
Recent Open Society Fellows Hisham Aidi and Arun Kundnai look at government policies to shape the lives of young Muslims and promote opposition to extremism. Peter Beinart moderates. Speakers: Hisham Aidi, Peter Beinart, Stephen Hubbell, Arun Kundnani. (Recorded: Jun 24, 2014)
Johannes P. Wheeldon presents an alternative approach to debate and dialogue as a change-making tactic, with a focus on supporting inclusivity and promoting human rights. Speakers: Johannes P. Wheeldon. (Recorded: Jun 19, 2014)
