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Tyrants on Trial: Keeping Order in the Courtroom
September 2009
Trials involving leaders accountable for gross abuses of human rights pose particular challenges for judges and prosecutors, according to this report released by the Open Society Justice Initiative.

Transitional Justice and Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
OSI-New York
September 28, 2009
AUDIO
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg discusses transitional justice in Liberia and the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Lack of Citizenship Rights a Major Cause of Conflict in Africa
Press Release
October 21, 2009
The lack of citizenship rights generates conflict and undermines democracy in many countries in Africa, according to two new studies by the Open Society Institute.

What Does It Mean to Be Stateless?
October 2009
INTERACTIVE
Globally 15 million people are denied citizenship. The Open Society Institute presents a few of their stories�and ways that you can help.

SMS Pill Check Survey Finds Medicine Stock-Outs Still Plague Africa
August 2009
As part of the OSI-supported Stop Stock-Outs campaign, research teams used SMS technology to document shortages in 10 essential medicines in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

OSI Launches Updated Health and Human Rights Website
August 2009
As the health and human rights movement continues to grow, the Open Society Institute has launched a new and improved online resource guide for practitioners and advocates.

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Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
OSI-New York
November 11, 2009
The Revenue Watch Institute, an OSI partner and grantee, hosts a conversation with journalist Peter Maass about his new book on "the troubled world oil has created."

Combatting Violence Against Women in Southern Africa
OSI-New York
November 9, 2009
VIDEO
The Open Society Institute and WITNESS cosponsor a discussion about the role of the Southern African Development Community in ending violence against women in the region.

Moving Walls 16 Opening Reception
OSI-New York
September 29, 2009
The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project is hosting an opening reception for Moving Walls 16, featuring work by Stefano De Luigi, Benjamin Lowy, Eugene Richards, Tomas van Houtryve, Paolo Woods, and Zalma�.

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Struggles for Citizenship in Africa
October 2009
Written by Bronwen Manby of the Open Society Institute, this book documents the dire consequences of pervasive citizenship discrimination across the continent.

Citizenship Law in Africa
October 2009
Statelessness and discriminatory citizenship practices underlie and exacerbate tensions in many regions of Africa, according to this report released by the Open Society Justice Initiative and the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project.

The Struggle for Access to Essential Medicines in East Africa
2009
Produced by the Stop Stock-Outs campaign with the support of the Open Society Institute, this selection of short stories from East and Southern Africa show the great difficulties ordinary people face in accessing essential medicines.

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