Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Memorandum for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Committed Against Ukraine
This Memorandum for Prosecution sets out how Russia’s conduct against Ukraine constitutes the crime of aggression and represents a continuous pattern of unlawful use of force from 2014 until today.
October 27, 2025Legal Possibilities of Using Russian Central Bank Assets to Enforce European Court of Human Rights Judgments
Looking at three countries, this report offers a detailed analysis of the applicable laws and procedures to inform potential legal and political actions that could be taken for the relief of victims in Ukraine.
May 20252025 Global Litigation Report
This report provides highlights of global litigation work carried out by the Open Society Justice Initiative in 2024—with summaries of major cases in Climate Justice, Gender Persecution, International Justice, and Social Media Platform Accountability that seek to advance Open Society's vision of a world shaped by justice, equity, and rights.
March, 2025Migrant Rights: a Practical Guide to Litigation and Administrative Action at the EU Level
This guide takes stock of the mechanisms that asylum seekers, (irregular) migrants, and NGOs representing them can use in order to vindicate these rights against European Union institutions and bodies.
December, 2024Displacement by Design: Resisting Denmark's Race-based Housing Laws
This report presents stories and photographs of residents of the Mjølnerparken housing development in Copenhagen where hundreds have been forced to leave their homes under the Danish government's so-called "Ghetto Package".
December, 2024Q&A: Bringing a Case Before the International Court of Justice for the Rights of Afghan Women and Girls
This paper addresses questions around the feasibility of bringing a complaint at the International Court of Justice against Afghanistan's Taliban for egregious and prevalent violations of women’s and girls’ rights.
November, 2024Litigating the Right to a Nationality: A Guide for Practitioners
This guide provides resources for practitioners to develop strategies to use litigation to achieve progress towards the realisation of the right to a nationality for all.
November, 2024
International and Regional Standards on Judicial Independence
This research memo identifies and analyzes relevant international and regional standards regarding the independence of the judiciary.
May, 2024