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Implementing ECHR Protocol 16 on Advisory Opinions

This legal briefing provides a summary of some of the proposed changes to the Rules of Procedure of the European Court of Human Rights intended to implement Protocol 16 to the Convention on advisory opinions.

March 2016
First page of PDF with filename: briefing-echr-protocol-16-20160322.pdf
Report

Implementing Human Rights Decisions: Reflections, Successes, and New Directions

This publication takes stock of the growth and change in the field of human rights implementation, and how to ensure legal decisions can be realized.

July 2021
First page of PDF with filename: implementing-human-rights-decisions-20210721.pdf
Report

Improving Implementation and Follow-Up: Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures, and the Universal Periodic Review

Too often the verdicts of international human rights bodies don't find their way into practice. Produced by the Open Society Justice Initiative, the Brookings Institution, and UPR-Watch, this report documents a conference to consider strategies...

March 2011
First page of PDF with filename: improving-implementation-20110307.pdf
Briefing Paper

Intermediaries and the International Criminal Court: A Role for the Assembly of States Parties

The Open Society Justice Initiative has outlined the importance of developing coherent guidelines on the use of intermediaries in International Criminal Court investigations.

December 2011
First page of PDF with filename: intermediaries-20111212.pdf
Report

International Crimes, Local Justice

A practical guide to the steps needed to ensure that national justice systems have the capacity to try international crimes, alongside the work of the International Criminal Court.

November 2011 | Eric Witte
First page of PDF with filename: international-crimes-local-justice-20111128.pdf
Briefing Paper

Joint Submission on International Standards for Regulating the Use of Force

A submission to the Human Rights Committee from the Open Society Justice Initiative and four other rights groups on the interpretation of human rights law on the use of force.

November 01, 2017
First page of PDF with filename: hrc-joint-submission-force-20171101.pdf
Briefing Paper

Kenya: Trial of William Samoei Ruto and Joshua arap Sang at the International Criminal Court

This background paper summarizes the relevant historical and legal background of the trial of William Samoei Ruto and Joshua arap Sang in The Hague.

September 2013
First page of PDF with filename: briefing-paper-kenya-ruto-sang- 20130909.pdf
Briefing Paper

Laurent Gbagbo: Summaries of ICC Confirmation of Charges Hearing

Legal arguments at the confirmation of charges hearings at the ICC in the case of Laurent Gbagbo, former president of the Ivory Coast.

February 2013
First page of PDF with filename: Gbagbo-confirmation-day1-eng-02192012.pdf
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