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Reflections on Twenty Years in Human Rights: The Rule of Law Movement in the Age of Terror

Open Society Justice Initiative executive director James A. Goldston looks at the impact of the war on terror on the effort to establish and consolidate the rule of law worldwide.

August 21, 2007 | James Goldston
First page of PDF with filename: ruleoflaw_20070821.pdf
Report

"I Can Stop and Search Whoever I Want"—Police Stops of Ethnic Minorities in Bulgaria, Hungary and Spain

Combining statistics, first-person accounts, and policy recommendations, this Open Society Justice Initiative book makes clear that ethnic profiling occurs in all three countries and is ineffective in combating crime.

April 2007
First page of PDF with filename: profiling_20070419.pdf
Briefing Paper

Recommendations On Reform of the Legal Profession in Tajikistan

At a meeting of law reform experts in Dushanbe, the Open Society Justice Initiative presented a series of recommendations for reforming the legal profession in Tajikistan.

July 20, 2006
First page of PDF with filename: tajikstan_20060720.pdf
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Ethnic Profiling and Counter-Terrorism: Trends, Dangers and Alternatives

Open Society Justice Initiative Executive Director James A. Goldston addressed the European Parliament's Seminar on Counter-Terrorism and Ethnic Profiling in Brussels. His presentation, "Ethnic Profiling and Counter-Terrorism: Trends, Dangers and...

June 6, 2006 | James Goldston
First page of PDF with filename: goldston_20060606.pdf
Report

Ethnic Profiling in the Moscow Metro

Riders on the Moscow Metro who appear non-Slavic are over twenty times more likely to be stopped by police than those who look Slavic, according to this report by the Open Society Justice Initiative, in partnership with JURIX and Lamberth Consulting.

June 2006
First page of PDF with filename: metro_20060613.pdf
Report

Fighting Terrorism While Fighting Discrimination: Can Protocol No. 12 Help?

James A. Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, posits that antidiscrimination legislature enshrined in the European Convention can actually facilitate the development of effective counterterrorist strategy.

October 11, 2005 | James Goldston
First page of PDF with filename: terrorism_20051011.pdf
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Justice Initiatives: Ethnic Profiling by Police in Europe

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.

June 2005
First page of PDF with filename: justiceinit_200506.pdf
Report

Civil Society and the Development of a South African Community Prosecution Model

Community prosecution as a means of fostering improved cooperation between the criminal justice system and civil society organizations was the focus of a workshop report supported by the Open Society Justice Initiative.

February 10, 2005
First page of PDF with filename: southafrica_20050210.pdf
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