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Report on Developments 2005–2007

This book uses feature stories to illustrate the Open Society Justice Initiative's major challenges and achievements involving Africa, equality and citizenship, freedom of information and expression, international justice, legal capacity...

December 2007
First page of PDF with filename: developments_20071221.pdf
Report

"I Can Stop and Search Whoever I Want"—Police Stops of Ethnic Minorities in Bulgaria, Hungary and Spain

Combining statistics, first-person accounts, and policy recommendations, this Open Society Justice Initiative book makes clear that ethnic profiling occurs in all three countries and is ineffective in combating crime.

April 2007
First page of PDF with filename: profiling_20070419.pdf
Briefing Paper

Recommendations On Reform of the Legal Profession in Tajikistan

At a meeting of law reform experts in Dushanbe, the Open Society Justice Initiative presented a series of recommendations for reforming the legal profession in Tajikistan.

July 20, 2006
First page of PDF with filename: tajikstan_20060720.pdf
Report

Ethnic Profiling in the Moscow Metro

Riders on the Moscow Metro who appear non-Slavic are over twenty times more likely to be stopped by police than those who look Slavic, according to this report by the Open Society Justice Initiative, in partnership with JURIX and Lamberth Consulting.

June 2006
First page of PDF with filename: metro_20060613.pdf
Publication

Justice Initiatives: Ethnic Profiling by Police in Europe

This issue of Justice Initiatives examines ethnic profiling by police in Europe, and explores the methods used in the United States and the United Kingdom to confront it.

June 2005
First page of PDF with filename: justiceinit_200506.pdf
Report

Civil Society and the Development of a South African Community Prosecution Model

Community prosecution as a means of fostering improved cooperation between the criminal justice system and civil society organizations was the focus of a workshop report supported by the Open Society Justice Initiative.

February 10, 2005
First page of PDF with filename: southafrica_20050210.pdf
Report

The Police That We Want: A Handbook for Oversight of the Police in South Africa

Published in association with the Open Society Foundation of South Africa and OSI's Justice Initiative, this handbook provides ways to assess police performance in countries undergoing democratic transition.

January 25, 2005 | David Bruce
First page of PDF with filename: Handbook__full_t.pdf
Briefing Paper

Racial Discrimination in the Administration of Justice

A brief submitted by OSI's Open Society Justice Initiative to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination prior to the opening of its 65th session.

August 2, 2004
First page of PDF with filename: racial_justice.pdf
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