Open Society Justice Initiative
Featured Work
Open Society Voices
May 15, 2013 |
The UN Human Rights Commission has found that a 2004 French ban on religious headcoverings at public schools breached a Sikh student's right to religious freedom.
April 26, 2013 |
A ruling from the European Court of Human Rights fails to require government precision in restricting supposedly dangerous anti-democratic speech.
Litigation
UN Human Rights Committee
This case challenges the arbitrary killing of Ogulsapar Muradova, a journalist and human rights activist, who was tortured and died in custody in Turkmenistan in September 2006.
Domestic Courts
A group of Kenyan civil society organizations and victims of sexual and gender-based violence have brought a case to the Nairobi High Court against six Kenyan government officials demanding accountability.
European Court of Human Rights
Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer, died in pretrial detention after being denied essential medical care, in retaliation for exposing a $230m fraud involving senior Interior Ministry officials.