International Grantmaking : Human Rights and International Justice

Human Rights & International Justice

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MacArthur seeks to further the development of an international system of justice and advance human rights around the globe, with a special focus on Mexico, Nigeria, and Russia.

Latest News

Justice Goldstone Receives 2009 MacArthur International Justice Award

May 25, 2009

The Foundation honored Justice Richard Goldstone, former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, with the MacArthur Award for International Justice. Read more »

Human Rights & International Justice, MacArthur Award for International Justice, Press Releases

Justice Goldstone’s opinion-editorial discussing the growing power and reach of the developing international system of justice appeared on May 31, 2009 in the International Herald Tribune. Read the op-ed »

A New Era in International Justice

January 15, 2009

Human rights issues are now at the forefront of the world’s attention, as a global network of human rights organizations reaches maturity and a system of international justice takes shape. Read more »

Human Rights & International Justice, eNewsletters

“The UN Security Council and Omar al-Bashir”

October 9, 2008

In this opinion-editorial, which appeared originally in the Chicago Tribune, MacArthur President Jonathan F. Fanton defends the importance of allowing the International Criminal Court to carry out proceedings against Sudan’s president. Read more »

Human Rights & International Justice, Speeches & Commentary

From the Field

Nigerian State Introduces Coroner’s Legislation
May 19, 2009
Based on efforts by MacArthur grantee Access to Justice, officials in the Nigerian state of Anambra will introduce legislation to require a coroner’s inquest into suspicious deaths. The announcement was made at a workshop on the topic organized by Access to Justice and the Anambra State Ministry of Justice. Access to Justice has worked to resurrect the law in states across Nigeria in an attempt to reduce extra-judicial killings, which numbered 3000 in 2004 alone. The human rights organization is a recipient of a 2009 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.

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Advancing Human Rights & International Justice »

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International Justice Takes Root, short film honoring Justice Goldstone »

Supporting a strong international justice system »

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