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

AfriMAP

AfriMAP (The Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project) was established in 2004 to monitor the compliance of member states of the African Union with selected standards of good governance, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. more

Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative

The Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative focuses on open society issues throughout the region, particularly in Burma but also in other countries where essential freedoms are threatened or non-existent. 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

Community Fellowships

Community Fellowships are awarded to individuals who wish to employ their educational and professional attainments in service to disadvantaged communities in the New York City and Baltimore, Maryland areas. 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

International Policy Fellowships

The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network. 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

Open Society Justice Initiative

The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute, promotes rights-based law reform, builds knowledge and strengthens legal capacity worldwide. more

OSI-Baltimore

OSI-Baltimore seeks to foster debate, empower marginalized groups to help shape and monitor public policy, and strengthen communities and families in the Baltimore, Maryland area through the development of fair, rational, and responsive public systems. 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

U.S. Justice Fund

The U.S. Justice Fund is the cornerstone of OSI's strong commitment to reducing the excessive reliance on punishment and incarceration in the United States, and to promoting fair and equal treatment in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system. more

publications

The Police That We Want: A Handbook for Oversight of the Police in South Africa
January 25, 2005
Published in association with the Open Society Foundation of South Africa and OSI's Justice Initiative, this handbook provides ways to assess police performance in countries undergoing democratic transition. more

Monitoring Election Campaign Finance: A Handbook for NGOs
November 2004
The Open Society Justice Initiative has published a handbook to aid civil society groups in tracking election campaign finances and exposing corruption. more

Three Strikes and You’re Out
September 2004
On the tenth anniversary of the enactment of three strikes laws in the United States, OSI grantee Justice Policy Institute compares the crime and incarceration rates of states that have the strikes laws with those that do not.  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

more publications

news and announcements

Racism Against Minorities Tests European Rights Court
James A. Goldston
March 3, 2005
Two court cases offer Europe an opportunity to set a landmark precedent that will put the values of equal justice beyond dispute, argues James A. Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative.  more

Book by Former OSI Fellow Documents Immigrant Workers' Legal Victories
February 18, 2005
Suburban Sweatshops describes how some of society's most vulnerable workers came together to demand fair wages, safe working conditions, and respect from employers. more

Op-Ed: Mentally Ill Inmates Need More Help
Mary Beth Pfeiffer
February 12, 2005
The soaring number of mentally ill prison inmates raises troubling questions about the system's ability to manage this population, observes a Soros justice fellow. more

OSI Awards More Than $1.25 Million Nationwide to New Leaders in Criminal Justice Reform
Press Release
January 31, 2005
The 18 Soros Justice Fellows include filmmakers, clergy, formerly incarcerated people, advocates, lawyers, journalists, scholars, economic and social planners, researchers, and writers—all working to restore fairness and discretion to the U.S. criminal justice system. more

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