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The following OSI initiatives, listed alphabetically, support at least one program or organization active in law & justice issues.

AfriMAP

The Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) monitors the compliance of member states of the African Union with selected standards of good governance, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. more

Central Eurasia Project

The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. more

Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap

This national program is designed to create awareness of—and increase resources to close—an alarming gap in the availability of drug and alcohol addiction treatment for Americans who need it. more

EUMAP

EUMAP (the EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program) monitors the development of selected human rights and rule of law issues in both the European Union and in its candidate and potential candidate countries. more

Global Drug Policy Program

The Global Drug Policy Program aims to engage and support drug policy experts and other related professionals as they analyze and publicize the effects of drug policy on public health, human rights, national security, and the economy. more

Latin America Program

The Latin America Program works throughout the region to create more open societies, enhance human rights protections, and encourage the implementation of economic and political policies firmly rooted in democracy. more

Middle East & North Africa Initiative

OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative operates primarily as a grantmaking program on issues ranging from knowledge and information to women's rights. more

Open Society Fellowship

The Open Society Fellowship enables innovative professionals—including journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners—to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within the Open Society Institute. more

Open Society Justice Initiative

The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute, pursues law reform activities grounded in the protection of human rights, and contributes to the development of legal capacity for open societies worldwide. more

OSI-Baltimore

OSI-Baltimore focuses on helping youth succeed, reducing the social and economic costs of incarceration, tackling drug addiction, and building a corps of Community Fellows to bring innovative ideas to Baltimore’s underserved communities. more

OSI-Washington, D.C.

OSI-Washington, D.C. focuses on civil liberties in the United States as well as other domestic and international policy issues, including globalization, criminal justice reform, human rights, and women's rights. more

Special Initiatives

The Special Initiatives program was established to develop a set of global grant-giving projects that build upon the Soros network’s strengths in promoting human rights and accountability. more

OSI Forum: A Life in Transition
OSI-New York
September 30, 2008
 AUDIO
OSI presented a conversation with Alex Boraine, author of A Life in Transition, an insider's account of important institutions and events in South African history.  more

OSI Forum: My Guantánamo Diary—The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
OSI-New York
July 17, 2008
 AUDIO
The Open Society Institute hosted a discussion of a new book that tells the hidden stories of Guantánamo detainees and probes the injustices committed in the name of the "war on terror."  more

OSI Forum: Negotiating Human Rights in the Afghan Context
OSI-New York
February 28, 2008
 AUDIO
At this OSI panel, human rights advocates working in Afghanistan addressed the challenges of promoting global standards in a conservative Muslim society recovering from decades of conflict and extremism.  more

Ten Reasons to Oppose the Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission
December 1, 2008
This document co-produced by OSI and other leading human rights and HIV/AIDS organizations presents ten reasons why applying criminal law to HIV transmission is unjust and ineffective public policy.  more

Op-Ed: Is International Justice the Enemy of Peace?
Aryeh Neier
July 17, 2008
OSI President Aryeh Neier addresses the persistent criticism that in an effort to do justice, international courts obstruct achievement of a more important goal, peace. more

Report on Developments 2005–2007
December 2007
This book uses feature stories to illustrate the Open Society Justice Initiative's major challenges and achievements involving Africa, equality and citizenship, freedom of information and expression, international justice, legal capacity development, and national criminal justice reform.  more

Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
December 2007
This report by the Open Society Justice Initiative assesses recent developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the court established to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge.  more

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