Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Legal Aid in Hungary
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in Hungary.
April 2015Legal Aid in Ireland
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own defense lawyer in Ireland.
April 2015Legal Aid in Italy
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in Italy.
April 2015Legal Aid in Poland
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in Poland.
April 2015Legal Aid in the Netherlands
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in the Netherlands.
April 2015Legal Empowerment: An Integrated Approach to Justice and Development
This working paper sets out Open Society Foundations’ vision of how legal empowerment can support development and justice by ensuring that the law is not confined to books or courtrooms, but is available to everyone.
July 02, 2012Legal Tools: Arrest Rights and the Right to Information
Part of a toolkit on arrest rights in Europe, this “template brief” from the Open Society Justice Initiative provides lawyers with research on the right of suspects to obtain information during criminal proceedings.
November 2012Legal Tools: Early Access to Justice in Europe
Part of a toolkit on arrest rights in Europe, this “template brief” from the Open Society Justice Initiative provides lawyers with arguments and research to support litigation in domestic courts.
April 2012