Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
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 2017Strengthening the Nexus Between International Criminal Justice and National Capacity to Combat Impunity
This article contains remarks delivered by Open Society Justice Initiative Executive Director James A. Goldston at a panel discussion on complementarity at UN Headquarters on April 9, 2010.
April 9, 2010 | James GoldstonThat Someone Guilty Be Punished: The Impact of the ICTY in Bosnia
This book examines the impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in Bosnia and includes lessons to improve future efforts to provide justice for survivors of atrocious crimes.
July 2010 | Diane OrentlicherThe Compromised Right to Nationality in the Dominican Republic
This fact sheet outlines the discrimination faced by Dominicans of Haitian descent as they try to assert their right to nationality, and the work the Open Society Justice Initiative is doing to combat it.
April 2011The Duch Trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
The Open Society Justice Initiative released a primer to help people better understand the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, its first trial, and the many challenges it faces.
March 2009The Growing Threat of Soft Censorship
An OSI report on a new style of censorship—not entirely new, but increasingly employed around the world—is subtle, indirect, and sophisticated.
December 2005The Ongoing Segregation of Roma Children in the Czech Republic
This report, presented to the European Commission in January 2024, presents new evidence indicating that the Czech Republic's discriminatory treatment of Roma children is in breach of the European Union's Racial Equality Directive.
January, 2024The 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