Rights Groups Challenge Detention without Charge or Trial in Egypt
Press Release
December 14, 2010
Egypt’s administrative detention policy is being challenged before the African Commission in a case filed last month by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and the Open Society Justice Initiative.

Statement on Pretrial Detention and Discrimination
December 10, 2010
Advocates including the Open Society Foundations speak out on the estimated three million people around the world behind bars awaiting trial--many of whom are from the poorest and most marginalized sectors of society.

APDHE v. Equatorial Guinea
This case before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights challenges a small clique of ruling families in Equatorial Guinea who reap huge profits through corruption and monopoly control of the national petro-carbon industry, while ordinary citizens live in poverty.

Gerasimov v. Kazakhstan
This Open Society Justice Initiative case involves the torture of a man by police in Kazakhstan.

Community-Based Paralegals: A Practitioner's Guide
December 2010
This how-to guide from the Open Society Justice Initiative provides information on all aspects of establishing and operating a community-based paralegal program, from assessing a community's needs to training paralegals and resolving justice problems.

Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: December 2010
December 2010
This Open Society Justice Initiative report examines recent progress made by the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, and political obstacles to its work.

Promoting Complementarity in Practice
December 7, 2010
The Open Society Justice Initiative has carried out research on complementarity in three countries where the International Criminal Court is actively involved in investigations: Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.