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The Open Society Justice Initiative uses and promotes strategic litigation as a pathway to advance open societies, human rights, and the rule of law.
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Advocate General Opinion: Denmark’s “Ghetto Package” in Breach of EU’s Race Discrimination Law
The Open Society Justice Initiative welcomes the opinion that provisions of Denmark’s so-called “ghetto package” are directly racially discriminatory and therefore unlawful under the EU’s Race Equality Directive.
Justice Initiative Supports Rohingya Survivor in SEC Complaint Against Meta
A whistleblower complaint seeks an investigation of alleged violations of securities laws stemming from Meta's misrepresentations over the spread of hate speech on Facebook in the run up to mass atrocities committed in Myanmar in 2017.
Justice Initiative Joins Common Stand Against US Sanctions on ICC
The Open Society Justice Initiative has joined more than 70 civil society and faith-based organizations in expressing its deep concern over the potential use of United States sanctions to attack the International Criminal Court.
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Rights Groups Sue France Over Failure to Prevent Corporate Support for Israel’s Occupation in Palestine
Human rights organizations file a legal challenge before France’s highest administrative court, seeking for the government to adopt measures to prevent French corporate and financial actors from contributing to Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine.
Open Society Justice Initiative Welcomes U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Birthright Citizenship
The Open Society Justice Initiative welcomes today’s U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in preserving birthright citizenship, which has stood as a constitutional guarantee of equal protection and a foundation of the post-Civil War democratic order.
ICC Judges Sue Trump Administration Over ICC Sanctions
Three ICC judges have filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of an Executive Order issued by President Trump, and are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against sanctions by the U.S. government.