Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Addressing Children's Right to Nationality
This Open Society Justice Initiative document makes the case that the UN must clarify the obligation that governments bear for stateless children.
February 2011 | Sebastian KohnPromoting Complementarity
The Open Society Justice Initiative is committed to working with states to promote International Criminal Court-proscribed complementarity in practice. Toward this end, OSI provides recommendations for the Assembly of States Parties.
December 10, 2010More 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 GoldstonFact Sheet on Ethnic Profiling in Europe
This fact sheet, prepared by European Network Against Racism and the Open Society Institute, explains the practice of ethnic profiling across Europe.
October 2009Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
A new report released by the Open Society Justice Initiative examines the latest news and developments from the Extraordinary Chambers in Courts of Cambodia.
March 2008Justice Initiatives: Pretrial Detention
This publication looks at the global overreliance on pretrial detention and examines the challenges of reducing and reforming its use.
Spring 2008Reflections 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 GoldstonNew Report by the Open Society Justice Initiative Finds Critical Needs at Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia must take urgent action to address serious challenges confronting the court, according to a report released by the Open Society Justice Initiative.
June 27, 2007