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Zimbabwe’s Despot Watches His People Starve
Aryeh Neier
August 17, 2004
In an International Herald Tribune op-ed, OSI's president urges increased international pressure on Robert Mugabe, whose racist and demagogic policies are killing large numbers of Zimbabweans. more

Racial Discrimination in the Administration of Justice
August 2004
A brief submitted by OSI's Open Society Justice Initiative to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination prior to the opening of its 65th session. more

A Cry for Human Rights and the Law: A Review of Unpopular Cases for Lawyers
Stephen Rickard
August 7, 2004
In a speech at the ABA's annual meeting, the acting director of OSI-Washington, D.C. discussed the legal and social ramifications of the U.S. government's antiterrorist policies after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. more

Local Governance Brief: Environmental Justice
Summer 2004
The Summer 2004 issue of the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative's newsletter explores environmental justice—the fair distribution of environmental benefits and harms—in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.  more

Baltimore Safety Net Access-to-Care Survey 2004
August 5, 2004
An annual report that offers a glimpse into how urban poor populations survive day-to-day; the barriers and obstacles to care that they experience; their needs, both met and unmet; and the role played by the community "safety net." more

Justice in Cambodia
James A. Goldston
August 2, 2004
James A. Goldston, the head of OSI's Open Society Justice Initiative, discusses in an op-ed the lingering obstacles to prosecuting former Khmer Rouge perpetrators through genocide tribunals.  more

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Publications

Soros Foundations Network 2003 Annual Report
A comprehensive survey of the activities and funding priorities during 2003 of all OSI initiatives as well as the Soros foundations network. more

U.S. Programs 2003 Annual Report
A comprehensive survey of the activities and funding priorities of OSI's U.S. Programs during 2003. more

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Events

Moving Walls 9: A Group Photography Exhibition
Six series are presented: four focus on war and its aftermath (in Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine), one concerns low-income U.S. mothers, and one profiles a boy's journey from Honduras in search of a better life.  more

OSI Forum: Children of Promise, Children of Incarcerated Parents
OSI-New York
June 15, 2004
Elizabeth Gaynes and Emani Davis discussed the work of the Osborne Association, the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 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

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