The Open Society Justice Initiative has submitted arguments before the United States Court of Appeals in a case challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle USAID and unlawfully terminate life-saving foreign assistance.

With support from OSJI, Myanmar victims and civil society organizations have taken the first step towards suing Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor for their role in serious human rights violations in Myanmar.

In a case filed by the Open Society Justice Initiative, the European Committee of Social Rights has determined that Bulgaria’s COVID-19 vaccination distribution and access plan violated several provisions of the European Social Charter.

The Open Society Justice Initiative celebrates the decision of a U.S. federal appeals court confirming that the assets of the Afghanistan central bank are immune from seizure and remain the property of the state of Afghanistan and its people.

The decision stands in stark contrast to the post-World War II rejection of impunity for heads of state, and it undermines decades of progress in holding leaders accountable for mass atrocities.

France’s Court of Cassation will hold a landmark hearing to review the legality of the arrest warrant against Bashar al-Assad for deadly chemical attacks in Syria. This is a pivotal moment in the fight against impunity.

While the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision recognizing discrimination in the case of Seydi and Others v. France, it failed to seize the full opportunity to address the structural nature of discriminatory stop and search practices in the country.

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.