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The Future of Cases 003 and 004 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
This report examines the legal issues at stake in the continuing political struggle over the jurisdiction of the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia.
The Global Legal Empowerment Initiative
The UN Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor estimates that four billion people live outside the protection of the law. The Open Society Foundations are working to strengthen and expand access to the law for all.
Case Digests: UN Human Rights Committee 102nd Session, July 2011
Read summaries of the decisions on admissibility and merits taken by the UN Human Rights Committee at its 102nd session, held in July 2011.
Case Digests: UN Human Rights Committee 101st Session, March 2011
Read summaries of decisions on admissibility and merits taken by the UN Human Rights Committee during its 101st session in March 2011.
Case Digests: UN Human Rights Committee 100th Session, October 2010
The Open Society Justice Initiative has prepared short summaries of the decisions on admissibility and merits taken by the UN Human Rights Committee at its 100th session, held in October 2010.
Case Digests: UN Committee against Torture, November 2008 and May 2009
Read short summaries of the decisions and views which the UN Committee against Torture took on individual communications at its 41st and 42nd sessions, held respectively in November 2008 and May 2009.
Case Digests: UN Committee against Torture, November 2009 and May 2010
Read short summaries of the decisions and views which the UN Committee against Torture took at its 43rd and 44th sessions, held respectively in November 2009 and May 2010.
Case Digests: UN Committee against Torture, November 2010
Read summaries of decisions and views which the UN Committee against Torture took on individual communications at its 45th session in November 2010.
Recommendations for the EU-Kyrgyzstan Human Rights Dialogue 2012
The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling on the European Union to raise the torture and imprisonment of Azimjan Askarov, a prominent human rights defender in talks with Kyrgyzstan in September.
Legal Empowerment: An Integrated Approach to Justice and Development
This working paper sets out Open Society Foundations’ vision of how legal empowerment can support development and justice by ensuring that the law is not confined to books or courtrooms, but is available to everyone.
Justice in DRC: Mobile Courts Combat Rape and Impunity in Eastern Congo
Mobile gender courts have brought a measure of justice—and dignity—to rape victims and demonstrate that, with modest support, local institutions can respond even under the most challenging circumstances.
Case Digests: UN Committee against Torture, November 2011
Short summaries of decisions and views which the UN Committee against Torture took on individual communications at its 47th session in November 2011.
Failing Another Generation: A Photo Essay
The Open Society Justice Initiative commissioned photographer Stephanie Sinclair to document how the Czech government is funneling a new generation of Roma children into sub-standard schools, in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Failing Another Generation: The Travesty of Roma Education in the Czech Republic
A book of photographs and interviews with the Roma families who challenged Czech school segregation before the European Court of Human Rights.
Case Digests: UN Committee against Torture, May 2011
The Justice Initiative has prepared short summaries of decisions and views which the UN Committee against Torture took on individual communications at its 46th session in May 2011.
Improving Pretrial Justice: The Roles of Lawyers and Paralegals
This report looks at the positive impact that early intervention by lawyers and paralegals can have on pretrial justice and provides a guide to the ways in which lawyer and paralegal schemes can be set up.
Case Digests: UN Human Rights Committee 103rd Session, October 2011
The Justice Initiative has prepared short summaries of the decisions from the 103rd session of The Human Rights Committee, which took place from October 17 to November 4, 2011.
Q & A: Reform of the European Court of Human Rights
As the 47 members of the Council of Europe, this briefing sets out the background issues for journalists and others in question and answer form.
Submission to the Committee of Ministers: D.H. and Others v. Czech Republic
The implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' judgment in the Roma education case, DH and others v. Czech Republic, continues to falter. This submission by the Open Society Justice Initiative to the Committee of Ministers of the...
Reform of the ECHR
A brief guide to some of the key terms and concepts used in the debate over reform of the European Court of Human Rights.
