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The Socioeconomic Impact of Pretrial Detention in Sierra Leone

A report on the costs of pretrial detention in Sierra Leone, based on a random survey of 128 adults held in three prisons.

May 2013
First page of PDF with filename: ptd-snapshot-sierra-leone-05232013.pdf
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Ethnic Profiling: Letter from Spain’s Defensora del Pueblo

Recommendations from Spain’s Defensora del Pueblo to the General Directorate of Police at the Ministry of the Interior to address ethnic profiling.

May, 2013
First page of PDF with filename: comunicacion-defensora-pueblo-20130510_0.pdf
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Reducing Ethnic Profiling in the European Union: A Handbook of Good Practices

The nearly 100 case studies gathered in this handbook show that efforts to address ethnic profiling can reduce discrimination, and enhance the overall quality and efficiency of law enforcement.

March 06, 2013
First page of PDF with filename: reducing-ep-in-EU-12172012_0.pdf
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Joint Letter on EU Arrest Rights Directive

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.

October 26, 2011
First page of PDF with filename: eu-arrest-letter-20111026.pdf
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Joint Statement on Pretrial Detention in Africa

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

October 25, 2011
First page of PDF with filename: pretrial-detention-statement-10252011.pdf
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From Judgment to Justice: Implementing the Views of the United Nations Human Rights Committee

James A Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, argues before the UN Human Rights Committee that the UN needs to devote more resources toward actual implementation of international tribunal rulings.

March 30, 2011 | James Goldston
First page of PDF with filename: goldston-hrc-20110330.pdf
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Promoting Complementarity

The Open Society Justice Initiative is committed to working with states to promote International Criminal Court-proscribed complementarity in practice. Toward this end, OSI provides recommendations for the Assembly of States Parties.

December 10, 2010
First page of PDF with filename: Complementarity-recommendations-20101210.pdf
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More Candour about Criteria: The Exercise of Discretion by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

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...

April 23, 2010 | James Goldston
First page of PDF with filename: goldston-criteria-20100423.pdf
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