Justice

UN Human Rights Committee Finds Discrimination in Racial Profiling
September 2009
The UN Human Rights Committee became the first international tribunal to declare that police identity checks motivated by race or ethnicity run counter to the international human right to nondiscrimination, in a case filed by the Open Society Justice Initiative.

Update on the Open Society Institute U.S. Criminal Justice Fund
August 26, 2009
Leonard Noisette, director of the Criminal Justice Fund for U.S. Programs, provides a brief update on the work of the fund.

Spain Investigates President of Equatorial Guinea for Laundering Oil Money
Press Release
August 3, 2009
After thirty years of corrupt rule in Equatorial Guinea, Spanish courts are finally taking a serious look at what the ruling family does with the nation's oil wealth, reports the Open Society Justice Initiative.

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A Question of Freedom
OSI-New York
September 25, 2009
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This Open Society Institute roundtable discussion features R. Dwayne Betts, author of A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison.

The Future of Family Detention in America
OSI-New York
September 23, 2009
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Cosponsored by the Open Society Institute and the American Civil Liberties Union, this forum discusses The Least of These, the acclaimed documentary about the T. Don Hutto immigrant family detention center in Texas.

The Reckoning
OSI-New York
August 3, 2009
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The Open Society Institute held a screening of this documentary about the International Criminal Court, followed by a discussion with the film’s director and producer.

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Doing a Disservice to Ethnic Minorities
James A. Goldston
November 5, 2009
Suggesting that the concept of ethnic minorities should be abolished ignores Europe's past and present, writes Open Society Justice Initiative executive director James Goldston.

Struggles for Citizenship in Africa
October 2009
Written by Bronwen Manby of the Open Society Institute, this book documents the dire consequences of pervasive citizenship discrimination across the continent.

The Gambia's Bloodcurdling Threat
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
October 1, 2009
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu of the Open Society Justice Initiative writes in a Guardian op-ed that the death threat issued by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh cannot be ignored.