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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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Since 2003, Justice Initiative lawyers have represented scores of individuals before domestic and international courts, in cases that have sought not only to vindicate individual claims, but to establish and strengthen the law’s protection for all.
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Justice Initiative Funds Corporate Accountability Litigation Incubator Grants
The Justice Initiative funded five organizations through a new litigation incubator that provides pre-litigation funding and support to groups developing innovative and precedent‑setting cases against corporate actors operating in Europe.
Myanmar Customers Sue Telecoms Giant Telenor for Sharing Private Data of Dissidents with Military Rulers
On behalf of Myanmar customers, a Swedish non-profit association filed a class action lawsuit against Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor for the company’s role in serious human rights violations in Myanmar. The lawsuit seeks damages for the sharing of data with military authorities of customers who were suspected of opposing the 2021 coup.
U.S. Court Bars Enforcement of Sanctions that Undermine the Rule of Law and Betray American Values
A U.S. federal court issued a permanent injunction to protect the First Amendment rights of two plaintiffs who are law professors and could have been targeted by the Trump Administration’s sanctions for their work with the International Criminal Court (ICC).