The Open Society Foundations today condemned the Trump administration’s announcement of new sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, an unprecedented escalation of its…

Emma Bonino, who died in September, fought the Church on abortion and counted a pope among her friends. Aryeh Neier on a friend and ally of three decades.

As one model of multilateralism unravels, a more equal one may be taking its place. Open Society’s Pedro Abramovay on the aspiration for a new multilateralism grounded in sovereignty and rooted in rig...

Actors long treated as peripheral to politics are stepping decisively into democratic spaces and challenging assumptions that governance belongs to the elite and are instead insisting on a democracy t...

The Trump administration is drawing on the post-9/11 tool kit to ensnare its targets

Thirty years ago, South Africa was heralded as a harbinger of a just and non-racial order. After decades of a criminal, repellent regime, Nelson Mandela’s ascension to the presidency and…

A look at the leaders who are advancing Open Society’s mission to promote rights, equity, and justice around the world. With a commitment to amplifying local...

The Open Society Justice Initiative has spent more than two decades strengthening the ecosystem of strategic litigation and providing financing, technical, and strategic advice to partners to stand up...

Monitors estimate 17,500 people have been sent to countries they may never have visited – and where they could face further danger

This money was won because communities suffered extraordinary harm and hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives, so funds should build and expand capacity of much-needed health infrastructure ...

Open Society announces a $1.5 million contribution to support an equitable and locally driven recovery following the devastating earthquake in Colombia.