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Gay activists allowed as friends of lower court
by Franny Rabkin FOR the first time in history a gay advocacy group has been admitted as a friend of a magistrate’s court — to lead expert evidence in aggravation of sentence for a hate crime case. Earlier this year the government set up a…
Author: Business Day
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Atlantic Grantees Working for Human Rights
International Human Rights Day on 10 December marks the 63rd year of global recognition of our basic human equality and the continuous struggle to gain basic human rights for all individuals. Reconciliation & Human Rights made up the largest portion of Atlantic’s 2010 grantmaking programmes — funding…
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Justice is Too Important to be Left Solely to the Lawyers
At the core of the transitional justice approach is the belief that amnesia is never a solution, and that moving forward can only genuinely occur through coming to terms with the past. – Bill Rolston, Director of the Transitional Justice Institute in the University of…
Author: The Irish Times
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Monster in the Closet: Winner of Reachout.com's 'Inspire a Generation' Film Competition
This dispatch by grantee ie.reachout.com was originally posted on its website on 9 November 2011 about the winner of its national film competition – Inspire a Generation – which invited aspiring film makers to explore mental health in a sensitive and positive light. Reachout.com works with…
Author: ie.reachout.com
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84% of NI People Have Made No Provision For Future Care
More than four out of five people in Northern Ireland have made no provision for their care in the future, while a full one-third of elderly people say their greatest fear is of having to move into a care home, because of worries about the…
Author: University of Ulster
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UCSF Works to Improve Lives of Oakland Middle-School Students
The Havenscourt Health Center recently opened in an Oakland middle school to serve youth and families as part of the Elev8 project. UCSF, the Oakland Unified School District and an array of community-based partners are embarking on a quest to improve the lives of disadvantaged…
Author: UCSF
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A Day in a Life With Disability
Don Bailey, who navigates life in a wheelchair, spent most of his early life living in institutional care. When he left St. Joseph’s Hospital in Coole, Ireland at age twenty and moved to Dublin to work, he found the challenges of living on his own…
Author: Genio Trust
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Name Human Rights Advocate Martin O’Brien Senior Vice President for Programmes
The Atlantic Philanthropies have announced the appointment of Martin O’Brien, a renowned human rights activist, as Senior Vice President for Programmes, effective immediately. O’Brien has served as Atlantic’s Country Director for Northern Ireland since 2010 and Director of its global Reconciliation & Human Rights Programme…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Resourcing Quality Education
By Sibongile Nkosi Winner Education AwardEqual Education The Khayelitsha–based Equal Education organisation began its work early in 2008 after a group of senior education activists, led by Zackie Achmat and Gauteng’s former minister for education, Mary Metcalfe, identified the lack of equal and quality education as…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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Fair Representation for All
By Fiona MacLeod WinnerDr Ivan May Memorial AwardProBono.Org When horse-riding instructor and stable manager Gary Allpass won his legal case earlier this year for being unfairly dismissed because he is HIV-positive, he set an important precedent for others in a similar position. His legal representation…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online