A workshop convened by the Open Society Justice Initiative will examine police discrimination against minorities in five European countries and Russia.

A new law in Lithuania establishes countrywide system of legal assistance for the poor, according to the Open Society Justice Initiative.

The protection of children's rights in Kazakhstan's criminal justice system was the subject of a workshop held by the Open Society Justice Initiative and its Kazakhstan-based partners.

To help protect the rights of pretrial detainees in Nigeria, the Nigerian Legal Aid Council, in collaboration with the Open Society Justice Initiative, launched the Nigerian Legal Aid & Pretrial Detention Project.

The Inter-American Court has overturned the libel conviction of a Costa Rican journalist, setting an important precedent for defamation law reform in Latin America, reports the Open Society Justice Initiative.

The nomination by the United Nations of international legal experts to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia is a major advance toward the establishment of the tribunal that will try Khmer Rouge leaders, according to the Open...