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Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: Police Shootings in Kenya

A group of individuals and civil society organizations are filing a petition in the High Court of Kenya, to compel the Kenyan government to address the police shootings that were part of the 2007/2008 post-election violence.

February 14, 2013
First page of PDF with filename: factsheet-police-shootings-20130213_0.pdf
Fact Sheet

Timeline: The Khaled El-Masri Case

A summary of the main events in a nine year search for justice by Khaled El-Masri, the victim of a mistaken CIA counterterrorism operation.

December, 2012
First page of PDF with filename: timeline-khaledelmasri-20140411.pdf
Fact Sheet

El-Masri and CIA 'Capture Shock'

Violence used in the extraordinary rendition of Khaled El-Masri followed guidelines developed by the CIA for intimidating suspects before interrogation.

December 11, 2012
First page of PDF with filename: factsheet-captureshock-20121112_0.pdf
Fact Sheet

Investigations into CIA Renditions

A summary of inquiries into human rights abuses linked to the CIA’s program of “extraordinary renditions” of terrorism suspects, launched after September 11, 2001.

November 2013
First page of PDF with filename: briefing-cia-investigations-roundup_0.pdf
Fact Sheet

Reform of the ECHR

A brief guide to some of the key terms and concepts used in the debate over reform of the European Court of Human Rights.

March 21, 2012
First page of PDF with filename: echr-glossary-20120321_0.pdf
Fact Sheet

Fact Sheets: Reform of the European Court of Human Rights

The 47 members of the Council of Europe are again considering reform of the world's leading human rights court. Five fact sheets present an overview of the issues.

February 2012
First page of PDF with filename: echr2-protocol14-20120227.pdf
Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: Democratic Republic of Congo Mobile Gender Courts

The Open Society Justice Initiative has helped set up mobile gender justice courts aimed at combating rape and other abuses in remote areas of the DRC.

July 19, 2011
First page of PDF with filename: mobile-court-20110725.pdf
Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: Children’s Right to a Nationality

This fact sheet explains the causes and consequences of statelessness for children around the world.

June 2011
First page of PDF with filename: children-nationality-20110624.pdf
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