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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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