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UN Fails to Address Crisis of Credibility Facing Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The Open Society Justice Initiative notes with dismay the recent statement by the spokesperson of Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations in New York, which failed to address the crisis of credibility facing the UN-backed Khmer Rouge...
UN Must Investigate Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling on the United Nations to investigate questions of "judicial independence, misconduct, and competency" at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
Czech Republic Flunks Again on Roma Schooling
The Czech government came under pressure from one of Europe's top political bodies last week for its failure to make sure all Roma children get a decent education—and was urged to lift its game starting with the next school year in September.
European Parliament Slams U.S. on Guantanamo Death Penalty Case
The European Parliament called on the U.S. to give Guantanamo prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri a fair trial in accordance with international standards of the rule of law. The resolution comes on the heels of a case filed by the Open Society...
Europe Leads the Way Forward on Accountability for Torture
After a series of setbacks to efforts seeking accountability for CIA renditions, the European Parliament took an unexpected and positive step.
Europe Moving to Strengthen Arrest Rights
Europeans may be surprised to hear that basic rights, such as the right to a lawyer or a phone call, are only now being debated at the European level. Yet at the moment many countries in the region fail to provide them.
Europe Must Increase Pressure for Czech Roma Desegregation
The new Czech school year starts in September, and unless something drastic changes, many more Roma children could face segregation into "special schools" on the basis of their ethnicity.
Equatorial Guinea: Young People Lose Out as Summit Nears
Equatorial Guinea hosts this year's youth-themed African Union summit, despite a continuing stream of human rights abuses and the endemic corruption that has left the majority of citizens in this oil-rich country mired in poverty.
Open Society Justice Initiative Condemns Kenyan Government Allegations
The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling on the Kenyan government to immediately withdraw false allegations made before the Kenyan parliament with regard to the May 2010 deportation of Justice Initiative fellow Clara Gutteridge.
Nigeria’s Freedom of Information Law: How Friends Launched a Movement
The successful passage of Nigeria's first Freedom of Information law provides a case study in how a small group of committed activists can inspire a wider movement for change.
Pretrial Detention and Torture: Why Pretrial Detainees Face the Greatest Risk
Of the nearly 10 million people detained globally, those held in pretrial detention face the most significant risk of torture and other forms of ill-treatment.
Kyrgyzstan's Azimjan Askarov: A Birthday in Jail for Human Rights Defender
Azimjan Askarov, Kyrgyzstan's best known political prisoner, has just celebrated his 60th birthday in jail. His case stands as an indictment of the Kyrgyz government's treatment of its ethnic Uzbek minority.
As Poland’s Legacy of CIA Torture Erupts, Europe's Human Rights Court Must Act
New revelations about the CIA "black site" on Polish soil underscore the need for Europe's human rights court to act.
Sri Lanka: Why the Silence?
It is time for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to move forward in his commitment to justice and accountability over the 2009 atrocities in Sri Lanka.
Unexplained Past, Unclear Future: Obama, Poland, and the CIA Black Site
Continued official secrecy over the existence of a CIA "black site" on Polish territory in 2002-03 continues to cast a shadow over the important strategic relationship between Washington and Warsaw.
Advocates Launch Constitutional Challenge to Ethnic Profiling by French Police
An unprecedented constitutional challenge to the widespread use of ethnic profiling by French police has been launched this week by more than 50 French lawyers, with the support of the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Case Watch: A European Victory for Immigrants' Rights
Italy attempted to use the threat of prison sentences to pressure illegal immigrants to obey removal orders. But it ignored European law that demands a more proportional response from governments.
Mad Dog in The Hague?
It might seem quixotic for the International Criminal Court to indict Libya's unrepentant leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi. But the call for justice can have a pragmatic effect too.
Legal Progress on Gay Rights, but Homophobia Remains
The International Day Against Homophobia is being celebrated—and no doubt hated—around the world on May 17.
U.S. Torture Puts a Stain on Europe
With the al-Nashiri rendition case, Europe has a chance to show the world that its human rights charter means what it says.