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Timeline: Italian Migrant Policy

Some 40,000 migrants arrived in Italy last year as political turmoil swept North Africa. This timeline summarizes principle Italian policy initiatives on migration from 2008 to February, 2012

February 2012
First page of PDF with filename: italy-timeline-20120212.pdf
Briefing Paper

Testimony: Anti-Roma Discrimination and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

The Open Society Justice Initiative addressed the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament regarding Roma issues and the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights.

November 14, 2011 | Tracey Gurd
First page of PDF with filename: libe-gurd-dh-20111114.pdf
Briefing Paper

D.H. and others v. Czech Republic: Joint Submission to Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe

A joint report from the Open Society Justice Initiative and the European Roma Rights Centre details the Czech Republic’s failure to end illegal segregation of Romani children in “practical” schools.

November 2011
First page of PDF with filename: dh-committee-of-ministers-submission-11042011.pdf
Fact Sheet

The Problem of Ethnic Profiling in Europe

This fact sheet explains the problem of ethnic profiling in Europe, and shows that the practice is wasteful as well as ineffective in fighting and preventing crime.

May 2011
First page of PDF with filename: ethnic-profiling-europe-20110505.pdf
Briefing Paper

France: Ethnic Profiling Challenge

In France, a coalition of advocates is mounting a constitutional challenge to the practice of ethnic profiling. These two short publications summarize the Open Society Justice Initiative's work on the case and the basis of the challenge.

May 2011
First page of PDF with filename: ethnic-profiling-in-france-a-well-documented-practice-english-2011-05-23.pdf
Fact Sheet

Nationality and Discrimination: The Case of Kenyan Nubians

This Open Society Justice Initiative fact sheet provides an overview of statelessness and discrimination in access to nationality among Nubians in Kenya.

April 2011
First page of PDF with filename: kenyan-nubians-factsheet-20110412.pdf
Fact Sheet

The Compromised Right to Nationality in the Dominican Republic

This fact sheet outlines the discrimination faced by Dominicans of Haitian descent as they try to assert their right to nationality, and the work the Open Society Justice Initiative is doing to combat it.

April 2011
First page of PDF with filename: right-to-dominican-nationality-20110406.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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