Police in Nigeria commit extrajudicial violence and extortion with relative impunity, according to this report by the Open Society Justice Initiative and the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria.

Much unease about the International Criminal Court boils down to one issue: how should the prosecutor decide, among thousands of crimes and perpetrators within his jurisdiction, which ones to charge? Open Society Justice Initiative executive...

This article contains remarks delivered by Open Society Justice Initiative Executive Director James A. Goldston at a panel discussion on complementarity at UN Headquarters on April 9, 2010.

This paper focuses on Timap for Justice, a pioneering organization expanding access to legal services in rural areas of Sierra Leone. This updated edition includes a new foreword by George Soros.

The costs of pretrial detention in Mexico are painfully high—for the state and its citizens in general, and for detainees and their families in particular.

This Open Society Justice Initiative book reports on strategies for improving police-community relations by increasing the fairness, effectiveness, and accountability of police stops in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Spain.

Pervasive use of ethnic and religious stereotypes by law enforcement across Europe is harming efforts to combat crime and terrorism, according to this report released by the Open Society Justice Initiative.

This Open Society Foundations publication is designed to help identify best practices and serve as a reference for policymakers, senior prosecutors, academics, and civil society leaders.