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Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police has just launched a code of conduct and professional standards for the country’s police force. Will it make a difference?

Two ongoing cases illustrate all that is wrong with Italy's status determination procedures for identifying stateless persons and recognizing their status.

A case hearing at the European Court of Human Rights sees the Greek government struggling to explain why its civil union partnerships are not available to gay couples.

A new case before the European Court of Human Rights seeks accountability for the notorious World War II killings.

Thirty years after their loved ones vanished, families of the disappeared are bringing their search for answers to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

The new guidelines are welcome, yet they present the avoidance of civilian casualties more as an optional doctrine to achieve better military results, rather than a legal obligation that soldiers must obey.

Rupert Skilbeck, head of litigation at the Open Society Justice Initiative, looks at the evolution of international law on torture and ill-treatment.

Marion Isobel of the Open Society Justice Initiative looks at how international legal standards are being used to combat torture, abuse and excessive detention of suspects in police custody.

Darian Pavli of the Open Society Justice Initiative reviews the evolution of the “right to know” in international law.

James A. Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, discusses the theory and practice of public interest litigation.

Laura Bingham, a lawyer with the Open Society Justice Initiative, looks at the legal battle to persuade states to eliminate the scourge of statelessness, which blights the lives of millions around the world.

Julia Harrington Reddy, a lawyer at the Open Society Justice Initiative, considers the challenges and effectiveness of using strategic litigation in the battle to end discrimination.

Europe’s top human rights court has affirmed the importance of early access to legal counsel. But the UN Human Rights Committee has passed up an opportunity to affirm the same high standards globally.

France’s new prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, says his government is planning to introduce a system of “receipts” aimed at tracking police stops that have been found to focus disproportionately on Arab and African youths.

The head of Malawi's Paralegal Advisory Service Institute talks about how an innovative legal aid scheme for pretrial detainees in Malawi sowelaid the groundwork for new global UN guidelines on access to legal advice.

Many of the cases brought before the UN Committee against Torture are brought by people who claim that their extradition or deportation would put them at risk of torture. But sometimes, the situation is compounded. What if a request for...

After spending two years in jail, a Filipino radio broadcaster set out to challenge the country's libel law that makes defamation a criminal offense.

Recent decisions from the top American and European human rights courts affirmed that sexual orientation and gender identity are protected categories under international law.