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Implementing Human Rights Decisions: Reflections, Successes, and New Directions

This publication takes stock of the growth and change in the field of human rights implementation, and how to ensure legal decisions can be realized.

July 2021
First page of PDF with filename: implementing-human-rights-decisions-20210721.pdf
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Profiling Minorities: A Study of Stop-and-Search Practices in Paris

Police officers in Paris consistently stop people on the basis of ethnicity and dress rather than on the basis of suspicious individual behavior, according to our study on stop-and-search practices.

June 2009
First page of PDF with filename: search_20090630.Web.pdf
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Racial Discrimination and the Rights of Noncitizens

The Open Society Justice Initiative submitted this comprehensive report on the global link between racial discrimination and the rights of noncitizens to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

February 1, 2004
First page of PDF with filename: noncitizens_20040201.pdf
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Regulating Police Stop and Search: An Evaluation of the Northamptonshire Police Reasonable Grounds Panel

This report outlines how a unique initiative between police and community members in Northamptonshire, UK has resulted in a more lawful and effective use of stop and search.

November 2019
First page of PDF with filename: regulating-police-stop-and-search-20191106.pdf
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Report on Developments 2011

This report's eight narratives show how the Open Society Justice Initiative seeks to promote and protect human rights—and what happens when those rights are not protected.

March 2011
First page of PDF with filename: report-on-developments-20110315.pdf
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Standing Up for Equality in Germany’s Schools

Why do children of “migration background” often perform significantly worse at school than their native German counterparts? The problem is discrimination.

October 2013
First page of PDF with filename: standing-up-for-equality-germany-schools-english-20131024.pdf
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State Human Rights Obligations Regarding the Distribution of Scarce Health Resources

This report offers a comprehensive overview of case law concerning the rights to life, health, and nondiscrimination in international, regional, and national systems.

November 2023 | John Harrington and Asteropi Chatzinikola
First page of PDF with filename: state-human-rights-obligations-regarding-distribution-of-scarce-health-resources-20231031.pdf
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Strategic Litigation Impacts: Equal Access to Quality Education

This comparative study, based on research in Brazil, India, and South Africa, assesses how the power of the litigation is being harnessed in the pursuit of adequate basic education for all.

March 22, 2017
First page of PDF with filename: strategic-litigation-impacts-education-20170322.pdf
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