The Impacts of Strategic Litigation on Custodial Torture
In November 2015 in Istanbul, the Open Society Justice Initiative convened a meeting of some 40 litigators, judges, activists, torture survivors, policy analysts and legal scholars from Kenya, Argentina, Turkey and elsewhere to discuss the preliminary findings of a field-based research report on the impact of strategic litigation in relation to custodial torture. Cases examined seek to hold perpetrators of torture accountable, provide redress to victims, and prevent torture in the future. The participants examined comparative examples from Argentina, Kenya and Turkey and how to maximize the value of the forthcoming study. This document is a summary of broad conclusions and of several illustrative case studies.
Losing their Land, Indigenous Peoples Turn to the Courts
Paraguay's Yakye Axa people lost control over their traditional forest lands to cattle ranchers and soy farms. A new report looks at their efforts to use litigation to claim compensation.
Strategic Litigation Impacts: Equal Access to Quality Education
This comparative study, based on research in Brazil, India, and South Africa, assesses how the power of the litigation is being harnessed in the pursuit of adequate basic education for all.
The Impacts of Strategic Litigation on Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights
A summary of discussions held in June, 2016, at a conference in Nairobi, Kenya, convened by the Open Society Justice Initiative.
