The Open Society Justice Initiative has signed a joint letter to five European justice ministers, urging them to rethink their objections to an initiative that would strengthen arrest rights across the European Union.

16 civil society groups called on the African Commission for Human and Peoples' Rights to work to end excessive use of pretrial detention.

This issue of Justice Initiatives examines ethnic profiling by police in Europe, and explores the methods used in the United States and the United Kingdom to confront it.

The February 2004 issue of the Open Society Justice Initiative's newsletter looks at legal aid reform from several different perspectives around the world. A major focus is state-provided legal representation for indigent persons charged with crimes.

Eight case studies look at how legal empowerment projects can reduce poverty and help people realize their rights; with a forward by George Soros.

This publication looks at the global overreliance on pretrial detention and examines the challenges of reducing and reforming its use.

This collection of essays explores how civil society groups have been taking innovative legal approaches to hold to account those responsible for high-level corruption, and looks at possible new strategies for the future.

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has enabled "follow on" claims from foreign governments and others who suffer losses as a result of corrupt dealings. But many questions about the status of such claims remain open.