The Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University, is evaluating a pilot criminal justice paralegal program launched last year by Timap for Justice and the Open Society Justice Initiative in Sierra Leone.

The Open Society Justice Initiative drew attention to the plight of pretrial detainees at the 12th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

Following the Kazakhstan Supreme Court’s refusal to reopen the case of human rights defender Evgeniy Zhovtis, the Open Society Justice Initiative will bring the case to the UN Human Rights Committee.

The Open Society Justice Initiative has filed a complaint before the United Nations Committee Against Torture, alleging that Kazakhstan has failed to prevent, investigate, or punish torture by police in the case of Alexander Gerasimov.

Political interference, corruption, and funding shortfalls may cripple the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, states a report released by the Open Society Justice Initiative.

The European Court of Human Rights held in the case Oršuš and Others v. Croatia that the segregation of Romani children into separate classes based on language is unlawful discrimination.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s control over television broadcasting in Italy goes against European democratic standards, the Open Society Justice Initiative argued in a brief filed with the European Court of Human Rights.

This is the first time a case concerning the right to information has reached Paraguay’s top court. The Justice Initiative has filed a "friend of the court" brief urging the tribunal to recognize a right of general access to government information.