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Human Rights and Legal Identity: Approaches to Combating Statelessness and Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality

This Open Society Justice Initiative publication looks at the contemporary crisis of statelessness and proposes an agenda for action.

May 2006
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Report

Priority Issues for Interested States Concerning the Extraordinary Chambers

This memo by the Open Society Justice Initiative offers 11 practical recommendations for ensuring that Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia works fairly and effectively.

May 1, 2006
First page of PDF with filename: cambodia_20060501.pdf
Report

Memorandum on the Application of International Standards of Due Process by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

In order to assist the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the Open Society Justice Initiative has submitted a memorandum which provides constructive advice on how the court can remain faithful to international standards of due...

April 1, 2006
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Justice Initiatives: The Extraordinary Chambers

This issue of Justice Initiatives offers a comprehensive review of the Khmer Rouge tribunal and examines the challenges of securing justice for victims of the atrocities in Cambodia.

April 2006
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Clinical Legal Education Training Materials

Curriculum materials on how to teach clinical legal education and street law, and how to operate a university-based clinic are now available from the Open Society Justice Initiative.

February 7, 2006
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Buying the News: A Report on Financial and Indirect Censorship in Argentina

This report from the Open Society Justice Initiative exposes the many subtle yet powerful ways in which government officials wield influence over Argentina's media.

December 2005
First page of PDF with filename: buying_20051205.pdf
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The 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 2005
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Citizenship and Equality in Practice: Comments on the Right to Nationality Submitted to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Open Society Justice Initiative today urged the international community to develop a comprehensive strategy to resolve statelessness.

November 1, 2005
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Report

Fighting Terrorism While Fighting Discrimination: Can Protocol No. 12 Help?

James A. Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, posits that antidiscrimination legislature enshrined in the European Convention can actually facilitate the development of effective counterterrorist strategy.

October 11, 2005 | James Goldston
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Report

Legal Remedies for the Resource Curse

The Open Society Justice Initiative released a report assessing the availability of legal remedies for addressing corrupt practices in the natural resource industries.

September 6, 2005
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Report of the Second European Forum on Access to Justice

Co-organized by the Open Society Justice Initiative, the Second European Forum on Access to Justice addressed a range of regional and country-specific efforts to expand access to justice for the indigent.

August 2005
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Justice Initiatives: Ethnic Profiling by Police in Europe

This issue of Justice Initiatives examines ethnic profiling by police in Europe, and explores the methods used in the United States and the United Kingdom to confront it.

June 2005
First page of PDF with filename: justiceinit_200506.pdf
Report

Africa Discrimination and Citizenship Audit Report

Report of The Africa Discrimination and Citizenship Audit: Emerging Issues and the Way Forward held in Johannesburg, South Africa, by the Open Society Justice Initiative.

April 1, 2005
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Civil Society and the Development of a South African Community Prosecution Model

Community prosecution as a means of fostering improved cooperation between the criminal justice system and civil society organizations was the focus of a workshop report supported by the Open Society Justice Initiative.

February 10, 2005
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Justice Initiatives: Human Rights and Justice Sector Reform in Africa

This issue of Justice Initiatives documents some of the challenges to justice sector reform in Africa today, and the varied responses that interested actors are pursuing.

February 2005
First page of PDF with filename: Justice_africa.pdf
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The 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
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Unfulfilled Promises: Justice in East Timor

A new report by the Open Society Justice Initiative and the Coalition for International Justice is intended to lay the groundwork for a commission to investigate crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Indonesian government in East Timor.

November 24, 2004
First page of PDF with filename: easttimor_20041124.pdf
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Monitoring Election Campaign Finance: A Handbook for NGOs

The Open Society Justice Initiative has published a handbook to aid civil society groups in tracking election campaign finances and exposing corruption.

November 2004
First page of PDF with filename: Handbook_in_full.pdf
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Open Society Justice Initiative Comments on Macedonian Draft Law on Free Access to Information

Comments to a draft Macedonian freedom of information law were submitted by the Open Society Justice Initiative to the Macedonian Ministry of Justice.

October 20, 2004
First page of PDF with filename: macedonia_20041020.pdf
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Legal Approaches to Combating Statelessness

James Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, addressed a UNHCR Executive Committee panel in Geneva to mark the 50th Anniversary of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

October 6, 2004 | James Goldston
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