Publications
Read and download reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets from the Open Society Justice Initiative.
Fact Sheet: Improving Pretrial Justice in Africa
Organizations across the region are working to combat excessive pretrial detention. Find out where and how.
Fact Sheet: The Global Campaign for Pretrial Justice
We seek to document what happens when pretrial justice systems fail, and to develop and share cost-effective ways to get them working.
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.
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.
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.
Submission to the Committee of Ministers: Salduz v. Turkey
The Open Society Justice Initiative is requesting that the Committee of Ministers transfer the European Court of Human Rights' Grand Chamber judgment of Salduz v Turkey to enhanced supervision.
Briefing Paper: The Trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo at the ICC
The International Criminal Court will deliver its first ever judgment on March 14, 2012. This briefing paper summarizes the trial so far, which centers on the alleged use of child soldiers by the accused in conflict in Eastern Congo.
Fact Sheets: Reform of the European Court of Human Rights
The 47 members of the Council of Europe are again considering reform of the world's leading human rights court. Five fact sheets present an overview of the issues.
