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France’s Biens Mal Acquis Affair: Lessons from a Decade of Legal Struggle

Teodorin Obiang, vice president of Equatorial Guinea, is facing trial in Paris on money laundering and corruption charges—due almost entirely to a 10-year legal campaign by French anti-corruption groups.

May 2017
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Freedom of Information Law in Latin America

In an effort to promote laws protecting freedom of information and expression in Latin America, the Open Society Justice Initiative brought together lawyers and activists from across the Americas to develop litigation and advocacy strategies.

May 1, 2004
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From Judgment to Justice: Implementing International and Regional Human Rights Decisions

This report by the Open Society Justice Initiative reviews the implementation of judgments across the world's four human rights systems.

November 2010 | David C. Baluarte
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From Judgment to Justice: Implementing the Views of the United Nations Human Rights Committee

James A Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, argues before the UN Human Rights Committee that the UN needs to devote more resources toward actual implementation of international tribunal rulings.

March 30, 2011 | James Goldston
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From Rights to Remedies: Structures and Strategies for Implementing International Human Rights Decisions

This report explores the challenge of making rights real by examining how human rights decisions and recommendations made by international bodies are implemented at the national level.

June 2013 | Christian De Vos
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Global Campaign for Pretrial Justice: Africa Regional Retreat

This report summarizes the sessions and discussions that took place at an Africa regional retreat, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, of the Global Campaign for Pretrial Justice.

December 2010
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Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition

The most comprehensive account yet assembled of the human rights abuses associated with CIA secret detention and extraordinary rendition operations.

February 2013
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Holes in the Rights Framework: Racial Discrimination, Citizenship, and the Rights of Noncitizens

Open Society Justice Initiative Executive Director James A. Goldston looks at "the importance of citizenship in making effective the promise of fundamental human rights protection."

October 1, 2006 | James Goldston
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