Imprisoned Rights Defender in Kyrgyzstan Needs Immediate Medical Treatment
Press Release
January 30, 2012
The Open Society Justice Initiative and Physicians for Human Rights are gravely concerned about the health of Azimjon Askarov, a 60-year old human rights defender currently serving a life sentence in Kyrgyzstan following a manifestly unfair trial.

Call for Applications: Summer Course on Statelessness
January 25, 2012
The Open Society Justice Initiative and the Statelessness Programme at Tilburg University Law School invite applicants for a summer course on statelessness, to be held in Tilburg, The Netherlands, from July 23 to 27, 2012.

Call for Applications: Summer School in Human Rights Litigation
January 20, 2012
The Open Society Justice Initiative and Central European University invite applicants for the 2012 Summer School in Human Rights Litigation, to be held in Budapest from July 16 to 20.

Jean-Claude Duvalier Must Stand Trial
Press Release
December 14, 2011
A group of international and Haitian legal advocacy groups has expressed support for continuing efforts in Haiti to prosecute Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, the country’s former ruler, for human rights abuses committed during his 15 years in power.

Akunov v. Kyrgyzstan
The death of a political activist in police custody in April 2007 after undergoing a severe beating reflects a larger pattern of violence in Kyrgyzstan

Constitutional Challenge to Ethnic Profiling in France
In this case, the French Constitutional Council is being asked to say that granting broad stop-and-search powers to the police leads to ethnic profiling, and violates the French Constitution.

Three Principles to Strengthen the Rule of Law
James A. Goldston
January 26, 2012
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World leaders have an opportunity at the United Nations this year to declare that the application of law should be free of the taint of political interest.

The Paralegal Effect: A Conversation with Photographer Aubrey Wade
Will Cohen
February 8, 2012
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If it happens that you get arrested in Bo, Sierra Leone's bustling second city, chances are you'll wind up at the Central Police Station. If you're lucky, that's where Baindu Koroma will find you.

Northern Europe's Complicity in Greece's Migrant Crisis
Simon Cox
January 30, 2012
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The member states of the European Union needs to respond to the inhumane conditions facing migrants in Greece by taking responsibility for people, rather than just shifting money around.

International Crimes, Local Justice
November 2011
A practical guide to the steps needed to ensure that national justice systems have the capacity to try international crimes, alongside the work of the International Criminal Court.