- From
- 1993
- Alternative Names
- Soros Foundation
- Url
- http://www.soros.org/
- Location
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019 USA
Tel. 1-212-548-0600
Email: IHRD@sorosny.org- Summary
"The Open Society Institute aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights and economic, legal and social reform. A private operating and grantmaking foundation based in New York City, OSI was created in 1993 by investor and philanthropist George Soros to support his foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union."
Published Resources
Reports
- Csete, Joanne; Daniel Wolfe, Closed to Reason: The International Narcotics Control Board and HIV/AIDS, Open Society Institute/Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, February 2007, 37 pp. (Also available at http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/ihrd/articles_publications /publicationspublications_20070227closed_20070226.pdf) [ Details... ]
- International Harm Reduction Development Program of the Open Society Institute, Saving Lives by Reducing Harm: HIV Prevention and Treatment for Injecting Drug Users, n/d, 3 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Open Society Institute, Protecting the Human Rights of Injecting Drug Users: The Impact of HIV and AIDS, Open Society Institute - International Harm Reduction Development program, February 2005, 32 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Open Society Institute International Harm Reduction Development Program, Delivering HIV Care and Treatment for People Who Use Drugs: Lessons From Research and Practice, Curtis, Matt (Ed.), Open Society Institute, July 2006, 294 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Sexual Health and Rights Program, Open Society Institute, Sex Workers, Transgender People and Men Who Have Sex with Men: Thailand, Open Society Institute - Network Public Health Program, 2006, 74 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Wolfe, Daniel & Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Illicit Drug Policies and the Global HIV Epidemic: Effects of UN and National Government Approaches, Open Society Institute - International Harm Reduction Development Program, New York, 2004. [ PDF File | Details... ]
Sources used to compile this entry: Open Society Institute.
Prepared by: Maxine Loynd
Created: 12 September 2005, Last modified: 7 March 2007