Economic Power
We use legal tools to address abuses of power by large economic actors, including corporations, that jeopardize human and planetary well-being.
Justice Initiative Funds Corporate Accountability Litigation Incubator Grants
The Justice Initiative funded five organizations through a new litigation incubator that provides pre-litigation funding and support to groups developing innovative and precedent‑setting cases against corporate actors operating in Europe.
Justice Initiative Welcomes ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and the Marine Environment
An authoritative legal opinion from the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea will fortify international climate commitments and compel stronger actions to mitigate climate harm.
Justice Initiative Urges Expansive Rights Framework for Climate Displacement
As the Inter-American Court of Human Rights develops an Advisory Opinion on the climate emergency that will shape policy across the region, the Justice Initiative has submitted recommendations focused on rights and human mobility.
Cases
Recent work
Justice Initiative Funds Corporate Accountability Litigation Incubator Grants
The Justice Initiative funded five organizations through a new litigation incubator that provides pre-litigation funding and support to groups developing innovative and precedent‑setting cases against corporate actors operating in Europe.
2025 Global Litigation Report
This report provides highlights of global litigation work carried out by the Open Society Justice Initiative in 2024—with summaries of major cases in Climate Justice, Gender Persecution, International Justice, and Social Media Platform Accountability that seek to advance Open Society's vision of a world shaped by justice, equity, and rights.
Justice Initiative Supports Rohingya Survivor in SEC Complaint Against Meta
A whistleblower complaint seeks an investigation of alleged violations of securities laws stemming from Meta's misrepresentations over the spread of hate speech on Facebook in the run up to mass atrocities committed in Myanmar in 2017.