I find hope in the many expressions of courage, resistance, and faith in the law as an instrument for pushing back against arrogations of power. Such progress is contagious: advancing the rule of law anywhere makes a rule-of-law culture possible everywhere. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/c...

The Open Society Justice Initiative is proud to serve as counsel for PHR and others who have today come forward as DC Circuit amicus to explain the devastating and life-threatening impacts of the Trump Administration’s sudden withdrawal of tens of billions of dollars of US AID foreign assistance.

This one’s personal for me… Over the past 22 months … I have no longer been able to escape the feeling that I am personally implicated in all that has been happening in Israel, Gaza and the US. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/j...

BREAKING: A federal court blocked the Trump administration from punishing two human rights advocates for communicating with the International Criminal Court. The First Amendment protects Americans’ ability to speak with the ICC and help them investigate human rights abuses.

ICC issues arrest warrants against Taliban leadership in Afghanistan for crimes against humanity of persecution on gender grounds www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

New Justice Initiative report explores how govts might use frozen Russian central bank assets to enforce ECtHR judgments providing compensation to victims in Ukraine www.justiceinitiative.org/publications...

Pleased to Join this BBC conversation on the devastating impact of US sanctions on the ICC - www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our New SEC Complaint with @amnesty and VAI alleges Meta Shareholders were misled over Myanmar Hate that fueled mass violence against Rohingya www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/new-s...

Prosecutor’s request today for AWs for Taliban leaders for CAH of gender persecution shows why the ICC is needed for all victims of atrocity crimes and why sanctions would directly undermine US national interests.

In one of its first acts, the Republican-led House of the new 119th US Congress has committed to impose sanctions on the ICC. This would be deeply misguided and a betrayal of American values. @OSFJustice

If accurate, this report portends grave threat to the ICC and a disservice to rule of law valúes the US has trumpeted for decades. www.israelhayom.com/2025/01/02/t...

Reaffirming the importance of strategic litigation as a pathway to advancing open societies, ⁦‪OSF has recently committed to support the Open Society Justice Initiative to carry forward its important work over the next decade. www.justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/an-...

The #ICC arrest warrants in Palestine situation have drawn a ferocious reaction from many defenders of Israel and ICC critics - much of it ill-informed. My take with Aryeh Neier… www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...

With the return of Trump, the ICC is back in thee line of fire. This is no time to compromise on ethics. foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/i...

Pleased to share a new OSJI resource produced with UNHCR on litigating the right to nationality- www.refworld.org/policy/polco...