Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Justice 2015: Successful Models for Partnership and Implementation
Around the world, efforts to strengthen access to justice are having a tangible impact on development. This fact sheet illustrates how partnerships involving government, business, civil society, and others are key to success.
March 2013Justice Initiatives: Legal Empowerment
Eight case studies look at how legal empowerment projects can reduce poverty and help people realize their rights; with a forward by George Soros.
September 2013Kenya's National Integrated Identity Management Scheme (NIIMS)
Kenya's introduction of a national digital identity scheme has triggered protests from local human rights and community groups concerned with both privacy, and the scheme's impact on minority communities.
March 2020Lawyer at the Police Station Door: How REPLACE Provides Legal Aid in Nigeria
This 12-page illustrated brochure summarizes the successes achieved by a project that used duty solicitors to give detainees in Nigerian police stations early access to legal advice.
March 2015Legal Aid in Belgium
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own defense lawyer in Belgium.
April 2015Legal Aid in Europe: Minimum Requirements under International Law
This briefing paper summarizes the current minimum international legal standards on the right to legal aid, drawing on European human rights law and global principles and standards.
April 2015Legal Aid in Finland
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in Finland.
April 2015Legal Aid in France
This fact sheet summarizes the legal representation available to detainees and defendants who cannot afford their own lawyer in France.
April 2015