Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Community-Based Paralegals: A Practitioner’s Guide
This how-to guide provides information on all aspects of establishing and operating a community-based paralegal program, from assessing a community’s needs to training paralegals and resolving justice problems.
December 2010From Judgment to Justice: Implementing International and Regional Human Rights Decisions
This report by the Open Society Justice Initiative reviews the implementation of judgments across the world's four human rights systems.
November 2010 | David C. BaluarteSalvaging Judicial Independence: The Need for a Principled Completion Plan for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
This Open Society Justice Initiative report focuses on plans for the conclusion of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.
November 2010Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: September 2010
This Open Society Justice Initiative report highlights the most significant challenges facing the Khmer Rouge Tribunal: political interference, a failure to adequately address corruption, and fundraising.
September 2010Political Interference at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
This Open Society Justice Initiative report focuses on the judicial independence of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, and how political interference is threatening the court's work.
July 2010That Someone Guilty Be Punished: The Impact of the ICTY in Bosnia
This book examines the impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in Bosnia and includes lessons to improve future efforts to provide justice for survivors of atrocious crimes.
July 2010 | Diane OrentlicherEffective Criminal Defence in Europe
This report summarizes the findings of a research project that explores and compares access to effective defense in criminal proceedings across nine European jurisdictions.
June 2010 | Ed Cape, Roger Smith, and Taru SpronkenMore 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