New information pointing to Macedonia's role in the wrongful kidnapping of a United States rendition victim provides added weight to legal challenges against the government, said the Open Society Justice Initiative.

In a new op-ed, Open Society Justice Initiative executive director James A. Goldston praises progress made at the International Criminal Court.

The European Union must do more to protect the rights of criminal defendants, according to three recent studies.

The public has been kept in the dark on world's first international treaty on access to information, charges the Open Society Justice Initiative and other rights organizations.

A new book explores the human toll of pretrial detention in Mexico through the stories of people who needlessly suffer in jail, sometimes for years, while awaiting trial.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted unanimously a resolution expressing concern that the world's first treaty intended to guarantee public access to information had significant flaws, reports the Open Society Justice Initiative.

Despite changes in legislation and a landmark ruling from Europe's highest court, racial segregation of Roma children remains a fixture of education in the Czech Republic, said the Open Society Justice Initiative.

Two sessions at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City explored the role of pretrial detention in spreading disease.