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Advocates seeking a more open and democratic society in Africa have mostly failed to grasp the extent of the threat posed by violence.

Twenty years ago, Rosalind Williams was stopped by police in Spain because she did not look Spanish enough. Unfortunately, ethnic profiling still remains a problem in Spain, as elsewhere in western Europe.

The destruction of tombs and museums in Timbuktu constitute war crimes, as defined by the Rome Statute. If charges follow, they would be the first of their kind before the ICC.

A case before the European Court of Justice should have significant implications for how anti-gay discrimination can be proved and punished in the EU.

The U.S. will sentence John Kiriakou, a former CIA agent, to 30 months in jail for breaching official secrecy laws. Most European countries would have responded less harshly.

The Open Society Justice Initiative has been working to win European support for a draft set of principles that would establish guidelines for public access to information about national security issues.

In a small northern Hungarian village, the local police were singling out local Roma for riding bikes without bells and reflectors. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee responded.

The UN General Assembly has adopted the world's first international instrument for the provision of legal aid, setting out guidelines and principles for ensuring fair trial rights for all, regardless of economic status.

Kelly Askin has just returned from Shabouda, in the Democratic Repubic of Congo, where a mobile court continued to try rape cases, even as M23 militia attacked the provinicial town of Goma, just over 100 miles away.

In November 2007, the European Court of Human Rights demanded an end to segregated education for Roma in Czech schools. Last week, five years later, Gypsy Crew took the stage.

As the rights revolution unfolded in Africa over the past two decades, the right to information lagged behind. But a new special rapporteur—with a new mandate—has delivered unexpected results.

The city of Rome is being taken court—over the construction of a segregated camp to house several hundred Roma on a site next to an airport runway.

Eighty percent of Nigeria’s prison population is awaiting trial. But young lawyers posted at local police stations are now keeping more people out of unnecessary detention.

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has taken a significant decision to address policing and pretrial detention issues.

The Czech government has said it will end the segregation of Roma children in sub-standard schools. But it needs to set firm targets on the road to full inclusion.

Imagine if you were ten years old and already knew your educational choices were limited and your future job prospects dim. This is the situation for children in Germany from Turkish, Kurdish, or Arab backgrounds.

The leaders of Nigeria and Cameroon need to make urgent efforts to secure a genuine resolution of tensions over the Bakassi peninsula that looks after the interests of its people.

Kyrgyzstan is continuing to ignore international calls for the release of a courageous human rights defender, who tried to hold the local police force accountable for their abuses.

When they met in New York, world leaders failed to agree on measurable targets for the Rule of Law. But they did agree it has role to play in the post-2015 development agenda.

What is the reach of the European Union law prohibition on race discrimination? A new case offer the Court of Justice an opportunity to affirm that non-discrimination on grounds of race is a general principle of EU law.