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In remarks delivered at the United Nations in New York, James A. Goldston of the Open Society Justice Initiative argues that justice and rights must be part of new global develoment targets.

This legal opinion concludes that a proposed move to remove previously allowed protections against statelessness would put the UK in breach of the 1961 Statelessness Convention.

A summary of the issues at stake, as the upper house of the UK parliament considers a proposal that would allow the government to make people stateless.

An analysis of United States' government surveillance practices within the framework of international human rights law and prevailing global standards.

An analysis of United States' compliance with Article 19 of the Universal Declartion of Human Rights in the area of national security.

How access to information, legal identity, legal participation, and legal services could be incorporated into the world's new development agenda. A primer on justice targets.

A time line of events in the case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri against the government of Poland, over its role in his rendition, secret detention and torture on Polish soil by the CIA.

The Dutch pride themselves on being members of an open, tolerant, and fair society. But for a growing number of people in the Netherlands, this ideal is being put under pressure by proactive police actions.

What does a functioning pretrial justice system look like? This fact sheet lays out in simple graphic terms the main steps towards ensuring proper protection of detainee rights.

This fact sheet sets out the remaining priorities for development of E.U.-wide standards on arrest and criminal procedural rights.

This report presents credible allegations of extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses by Kenya’s specialist anti-terrorism police unit.

A review of key legal-standards, including jurisprudence and commentaries, from the UN human rights system on the legal prohibition of ethnic profiling.

This 56-page book includes a summary of the troubled trial of Guatemala’s former military ruler, Efrain Rios Montt, together with an English translation of key sections of the conviction.

The Justice Initiative is supporting a criminal complaint against a Swiss gold refiner, which accuses the company of illegally processing gold pillaged from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling on all involved with Cambodia's Khmer Rouge court to address the constraints on time, funding and political support that it now faces.

A summary of key facts that point to a structural problem with discrimination against children of migrant families in Gemany's schools

Why do children of “migration background” often perform significantly worse at school than their native German counterparts? The problem is discrimination.

The arguments in the appeal of Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president, against his war crimes conviction by the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Eight case studies look at how legal empowerment projects can reduce poverty and help people realize their rights; with a forward by George Soros.

French police checks disproportionately target young men of North African and Arab origin: read first hand accounts of the human cost and the damage done.