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Strengthening from Within: Law and Practice in the Selection of Human Rights Judges and Commissioners

This joint report shines a light on the processes that governments use to nominate and select human rights judges and commissioners.

November 2017
First page of PDF with filename: strengthening-from-within-20171102_0.pdf
Fact Sheet

The Trial of Bosco Ntaganda at the ICC

Background information about the decision of former Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda to take the witness stand in his own defense at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

June 09, 2017
First page of PDF with filename: factsheet-ntaganda-testimony-20170609_0.pdf
Report

Strategic Litigation Impacts: Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights

This comparative study examines the ways indigenous communities in Malaysia, Paraguay, and Kenya and their advocates are using litigation in an effort to defend their rights and win compensation.

April 2017
First page of PDF with filename: slip-land-rights-20170620.pdf
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Understanding National Progress: A Cross Regional Exchange on Access to Justice

A summary a meeting organized by the Open Society Justice Initiative in Washington, D.C., in October 2016, which focused on developing effective measurements for access to justice.

April 2017
First page of PDF with filename: a2j-workshop-20170404.pdf
Fact Sheet

ICC Katanga Reparations

Judges at the ICC will determine reparations for victims of a brutal massacre that led to the conviction of Germain Katanga.

March 2017
First page of PDF with filename: Katanga Reparations Factsheet - 032317_0.pdf
Fact Sheet

ICC Trial: Bemba et al.

Sentences for witness tampering will be delivered at the International Criminal Court, in a case that involved a conspiracy to subvert the course of justice.

March 2017
First page of PDF with filename: factsheet-bembaetal-sentence-20170320_1.pdf
Report

Undeniable Atrocities: Confronting Crimes against Humanity in Mexico

This report argues there is a “reasonable basis” to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed against civilians in Mexico over the past decade.

June 2016
First page of PDF with filename: undenialble-atrocities-2nd-edition-20160808.pdf
Fact Sheet

International Crimes

What is the difference between “ordinary” crimes and crimes against humanity? When lawyers talk about international law, what does that mean?

June 2016
First page of PDF with filename: mx-factsheet-icl-20160603_0.pdf
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