Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
East African Court of Justice
Learn more about the East African Court of Justice, which hears cases on violations of the rule of law, one of the fundamental and operational principles set out in the East African Community Treaty.
June 2013African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Learn more about the African Commission, which is tasked with promoting and protecting human rights by interpreting the African Charter and considering individual complaints.
June 2013African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Learn more about the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, a judicial body that delivers binding judgments on compliance with the African Charter.
June 2013ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
Learn more about the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice, which has accepted the submission of individual complaints for human rights violations since 2005.
June 2013Joint NGO Statement: Protocol 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights Must Not Result in a Weakening of Human Rights Protection
Ten human rights and law groups are calling on members of the Council of Europe to ensure that a new protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights does not weaken its protections.
June 25, 2013Case Digests: UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 2004–12
A summary of decisions and views expressed by CEDAW in the period 2011–2012.
June 2013Case Digests: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (77th to 82nd Sessions)
A summary of the decisions on admissibility and merits taken by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination during its 77th to 82nd sessions, from August 2010 to April 2013.
June 2013Case Digests: Legal Update on Discrimination
Read summaries of key decisions relating to discrimination, including ethnic profiling, from international and regional courts and tribunals from March 2012 to May 2013.
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