Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Legal Aid in Greece
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in Greece.
Legal Aid in Germany
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in Germany.
Legal Aid in France
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in France.
Legal Aid in Finland
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in Finland.
Legal Aid in Belgium
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own defense lawyer in Belgium.
Legal Aid in Ireland
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own defense lawyer in Ireland.
Presumption of Guilt: The Global Overuse of Pretrial Detention
Combining statistical analysis, first-person accounts, graphics, and case studies of successful reforms, this report is the first ever global survey of the damage done by unnecessary and arbitrary pretrial detention.
Effective Prosecution: Guatemala’s Public Ministry in an International Context
Remarks delivered at the launch of an independent assessment of reforms in prosecutorial procedures at Guatemala's Public Ministry.
