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See AllMay 17, 2012 - From The Field
Mexican Court Loosens Requirements for Proof of Duration of Residency
Mexico’s Federal Court for Fiscal and Administrative Justice validated the proof of duration of residency and the right to qualify for naturalization of a national from Guatemala who has resided in Mexico for 19 years. Read More
May 17, 2012 - From The Field
Indigenous Leader in Mexico Freed
Tlachinollan, winner of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, helped secure the release of Maximino García Catarino, an indigenous leader unjustly incarcerated for over six weeks in Guerrero state. Read More
April 30, 2012 - Twitter
Watch video (http://t.co/LmqvcgDK): Pader Girls Academy educates young mothers affected by #Uganda’s civil war.
April 27, 2012 - From The Field
Human Rights Watch Wins Peabody Awards
Human Rights Watch, a MacArthur grantee, won two Peabodies for multimedia work on gold mining in Papua New Guinea and Russian civil society. Read More
April 25, 2012 - Video
The Pader Academy: Educating Young Mothers Affected By Uganda's Civil War
The Pader Girls Academy educates girls who have returned to village life in Uganda after being abducted and forced into marriage or pregnancy during the country's civil war. The MacArthur Foundation seeks to further the ...
Read MoreMarch 26, 2012 - Twitter
Over ten years @Benetech (http://t.co/p4oKbOkC), technologist & MacArthur Fellow Jim Fruchterman has brought tech savvy to philanthropy.
March 14, 2012 - Publication
International Criminal Court Convicts Congolese Warlord
In its first judgment, the International Criminal Court found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and employing child soldiers in his militia group. Read More
March 7, 2012 - Twitter
Journalist/MacArthur Fellow Tina Rosenberg profiles @Benetech’s Patrick Ball, who maps human rights crimes with data http://t.co/XyyHwaKj
February 16, 2012 - From The Field
Red Nacional de Derechos Humanos (Red TDT), 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions
Monitoring and documenting human rights abuses in Mexico to raise awareness of human rights violations nationally and internationally. Read More
