Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Case Digests: Decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 2010–2014
A summary of select decisions released by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights between November, 2010, and May, 2014.
September 2015Case Digests: ECHR Decisions on Demonstrations, Riots and Protests
This Case Digest collects summaries of ten cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights relating to demonstrations, riots, and protests from January 2013 to October 2014.
November 2014Case Digests: Human Rights Decisions of the Community Court of Justice of West African States (ECOWAS), July 2013
Read summaries of human rights decisions from the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice from July 2011 to February 2013.
July 2013Case Digests: Human Rights Decisions of the East African Court of Justice, June 2013
Read summaries of the decisions from the East African Court of Justice from November 2007 to May 2013.
July 2013Case Digests: Human Rights Decisions of the East African Court of Justice, May 2015
Summaries of 18 decisions taken by the East African Court of Justice affecting the rule of law and human rights, taken between May 2013 and February 2015.
May 2015Case Digests: International Standards on Ethnic Profiling: Decisions and Comments from the UN system
A review of key legal-standards, including jurisprudence and commentaries, from the UN human rights system on the legal prohibition of ethnic profiling.
November 2016Case Digests: International Standards on Ethnic Profiling: Standards and Decisions from the European System
A review of European legal standards, including jurisprudence and commentaries, which address ethnic profiling.
November 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.
June 2013