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The Open Society Foundation’s Justice Initiative is examining what civil society organizations have done to stimulate criminal investigations and civil actions for corruption and what more they can do. Read more about how you can contribute to this research effort.

  Finalized at the Rome SDG16 Conference in May, the Amplified Commitments and Partnerships for Accelerated Action: Rome Civil Society Declaration on SDG16+ is now open for endorsements on a rolling basis. This is a resource that can be used by those seeking to influence their country’s SDG reporting at the upcoming UN High Level Political Forum in July and…

Emerging political, civil society, and business leaders from transitional countries are invited to apply for the Draper Hills Summer Fellowship at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Fellows undergo a three-week executive education program with 25-30 other practitioners in law, development, politics, and other fields.

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit was held from May 29-31, 2019 in Ottawa, Canada and brought together OGP member countries as well as local and regional governments, academia, and civil society groups including Namati, a supporting partner of the Justice for All campaign. This year, there was a stronger focus on the theme of access to…

The Open Society Justice Initiative is hiring for a Legal Officer in its Department of National Criminal Justice Reform. The officer will engage in litigation, oversee the development of pilot projects, direct research and supervise consultants and staff. The deadline to apply is September 4, 2012.

Namati, The United Nations Development Programme, The Justice Center for Legal Aid, and the Open Society Justice Initiative are co-hosting a meeting for civil society organizations in the Middle East and North Africa. This meeting will offer legal empowerment practitioners the chance to workshop challenges facing their programs, learn from each other about diverse legal empowerment strategies employed throughout the region, and develop the basis for an ongoing, supportive network of legal empowerment actors. Applications are due May 6.

SPEAK UP FOR JUSTICE! Civil society’s letter to the UN In 2015, the future of global development was decided. To build a better world, justice had to be included in the Sustainable Development Goals. At the United Nations, member countries discussed the goals and targets that would shape global development for years to come. If the…

A group of 43 Nigerian civil society organizations (CSOs) have written to the country’s government calling on Nigeria to support the inclusion of justice targets in the next set of development goals. The justice targets were discussed at a meeting of CSOs in Port Harcourt, Nigeria (pictured) and the text agreed. The Open Letter is…

BY ABIGAIL MOY With the 69th Session of the UN general Assembly approaching, it’s a good time to reflect on the progress of our Justice 2015 campaign. Last month, the 13th and final meeting of the Open Working Group (OWG) on the Sustainable Development Goals concluded. The OWG issued its proposal in a final Outcome…

Over the last two years more than 300 organizations in the Global Legal Empowerment Network have campaigned for justice targets to be included in the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their advocacy has been at both the international and the national level, with high-level political meetings, OpEds, open letters, campaign days and media events pushing the case…