Changing Relations Between Europe and AfricaRachel HartJuly 15, 2011 BLOG The Joint Africa-EU Strategy is trying to shift the relationship between the two continents from one of donor and recipient to equal participation and representation, but is it working? | | International Justice Day: Monitoring the ProcessTaegin StevensonJuly 15, 2011 BLOG To mark World Day for International Criminal Justice, here's a quick look at the work that the Open Society Justice Initiative is doing to monitor the proceedings of the International Criminal Court and the special tribunals set up for Sierra Leone and Cambodia. |
Whither Civil Society?Jonas RolettJuly 14, 2011 BLOG What happens when local NGOs want international funds but don't agree with the pro-West, pro-rights agenda? | | Free Speech or Hate Speech?Helene IrvingJuly 13, 2011 BLOG Right-wing rhetoric across Europe raises the question: When does the right to freely express opinions override others' rights to dignity and respect? |
A Guardian of His City's HistoryKate PhillipsJuly 12, 2011 BLOG VIDEO Photographer Hayk Bianjyan received an Open Society grant to document the radical transformation of Yerevan, Armenia, one of the world's oldest inhabited cities. | | Driving While ImmigrantMaria ArchuletaJuly 12, 2011 BLOG VIDEO Two Soros Justice Fellows take a critical look at the deportation of innocent and low-level immigrant offenders as a result of U.S. enforcement programs mandated to target "dangerous criminal aliens." |
Keeping Pakistan's Floods in the NewsNatalia TariqJuly 12, 2011 BLOG VIDEO Last summer floods engulfed one-fifth of Pakistan, affecting almost 20 million people. The Open Society Foundations are working to keep this issue in the news—both in and outside of Pakistan. | | |