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OSI Statement on U.S. Campaign Finance Reform and Independent Organizations
Official OSI statement regarding its role and the role of George Soros in ongoing debates over campaign finance reform legislation in the United States. more

Open Society News: Stopping the Spread of Corruption
Summer-Fall 2003
The Summer-Fall 2003 issue of Open Society News, the Soros foundations network newsletter, explores the devastating political and economic impact of corruption and how civil society can combat it.  more

Moving Walls 8: A Group Photography Exhibition
Oct. 16, 2003
OSI's eighth Moving Walls exhibition showcases the work of five individual photographers, who cover a wide range of subjects and regions, in addition to images provided by Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. more

Lost Liberties: America in the Age of Ashcroft
New York, New York
Oct. 16, 2003
A panel of experts discussed and celebrated the publication of two new books that provide the first comprehensive overview of civil liberties in post-September 11, 2001 America. more

OSI Forum: Reconciliation and Responsibility in the Balkans
OSI-New York
Oct. 9, 2003
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia and a prominent Serbian human rights activist discuss the court’s ongoing challenges.  more

Keeping Secrets: America and Iraq’s Public Finances
October 20, 2003
A report from OSI’s Iraq Revenue Watch project that concludes that Iraq’s public finances have so far fallen short of international standards of accountability. more

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Publications

Soros Foundations Network 2002 Annual Report
A comprehensive survey of the activities and funding priorities during 2002 of all OSI initiatives as well as the Soros foundations network.  more

U.S. Programs 2002 Annual Report
A comprehensive survey of the activities and funding priorities of OSI's U.S. Programs during 2002. more

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Events

OSI Forum: A Turning Point in Human Rights
OSI-New York
Sep. 4, 2003
Panelists—including Mark Danner, staff writer for the New Yorker and author of The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War—discuss the 1981 massacre of civilians by government soldiers in the village of El Mozote, El Salvador. more

OSI Forum: The USA Patriot Act's Effect on Civil Liberties
OSI-New York
Jun. 11, 2003
Experts on immigration and homeland security discuss the U.S. Justice Department's detention policies and related antiterrorist legislation.  more

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Resource Links

Resource Links
A sampling of links to other organizations, both nonprofit and for-profit, that provide information and resources related to OSI's work. more

george soros

George Soros
Founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute and Soros foundations network. more

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