Asia

Grants awarded 2010

Pakistan
Blue Veins (Women Welfare & Relief Services)
Building Capacity of NGOs on UN Human Rights Mechanism
46 900 euro

Bangladesh
Odhikar
Promotion of Human Rights in Bangladesh through Documentation, Fact-Finding and Advocacy
29 200 euro

Nepal
Himalayan Human Rights Monitors (HimRights)
Partnership for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict
82 200 euro

Pakistan
Democratic Commission for Human Development
Promoting the Understanding of Human Rights Framework through Monthly Magazine in Urdu & Sindhi
80 600 euro

Pakistan
SAHARA Development Foundation:
Democratic and Civic Rights Education Program
13 400 euro

Nepal
Women’s Rehabilitation Center Nepal (WOREC)
Women on the Frontline: Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Women Human Rights Defenders: A Prerequisite for Sustainable Peace in Nepal
59 800 euroa

Pakistan
Organization for Development and Peace (ODP)
Empowering Civil Society Organizations to Eliminate Human Rights Violations
21 500 euro

Grants awarded 2009

India
Annai Theresa Social Work Association (ATSWA):
Dalit Human Rights monitoring in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh
Monitoring, documentation and legal aid related to violations of dalits’ rights.
7 000 euro

Pakistan
Harmony Foundation:
Strengthening the women workers’ union through democracy, human rights and trade unionism in textile industry
Advancing and protecting women workers’ rights in textile industry.
6 300 euro

Afghanistan
Shuhada Organisation
Women Rights Awareness, Literacy, and Legal Assistance Programs for Women in Waras and Panjab districts of Bamyan province
29 300 euro

Pakistan
Simorgh Women’s Resource and Publi-cation Center
Planting the Seeds of Change
24 400 euro

Pakistan
Aurat Association
Reduction of Corporal Punishment
17 500 euroa

Sri Lanka
Home for Human Rights (HHR),
Home for Human Rights Core Funding
Core funding to support HHR programmes on Legal Defense, Investigation and Documentation, Women´s Desk and Exploring Human Rights Norms in Internal Armed Conflict. Granted 96 000 euro.

Afghanistan
Foundation of Solidarity for Justice (FSJ),
Women Human Rights Club
Bi-weekly series of discussions and workshops on how to promote and protect women´s rights in the Afghan context. Granted 32 800 euro.

Pakistan
Democratic Commission for Human Development (DCHD),
Promoting the Understanding of Human Rights Framework through Monthly Magazine in Urdu & Sindhi
Publication of a monthly human rights magazine in urdu and sindhi languages. Granted 32 800 euro.

Tibet-India
Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD),
Awareness Programme on Human Rights and Democratic Concepts
Awareness raising on human rights and democratic principles especially among the Tibetan youth in exile. Granted 23 100 euro.

Grants awarded 2008

Sri Lanka-India
Organisation for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation (OfERR),
Sri Lankan refugee community in Tamil Nadu responding to the human rights crisis in Sri Lanka: Human rights awareness raising, documentation, reporting and advocacy
Granted 38 100 EUR.

Pakistan
Human Development Promotion Group (HDPG),
Awareness on Violence Against Women in District Charsadda
Granted 15 100 EUR.

Sri Lanka
Institute of Human Rights (IHR),
Access to Justice – Public inquiries and prison legal clinics
Legal aid for cases concerning grave violations of human rights, such as illegal arrests and detentions, disappearances, torture and unlawful killings. Granted 22 700 EUR.

Thailand
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA),
Strengthening Asian Human Rights Movement
To enhance and facilitate dialogue, capacity-building and networking among human rights defenders in Asia. Granted 118 900 EUR.

Cambodia
Protection of Juvenile Justice (PJJ),
Combating Violations Against Children’s Rights in Cambodia’s Justice System
Legal aid for child victims of sexual exploitation and abuse and juvenile offenders, legal training and awareness-raising on children’s rights. Granted 54 900 EUR.

India
Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) / Socio Legal Information Center (SLIC),
Free legal services for destitute, marginalised and poor section of Indian society covering legal aid, legal trainings, know you rights public-cations, advocacy, networking and campaigns for law reform in India
Granted 86 200 euro.

Pakistan
Civil Awareness Promotion Society (CAPS),
Protection of Womens Rights through Community Activism
Awareness raising and capacitation on women’s human rights in the communities. Granted 10 000 euro.

Sri Lanka
Home for Human Rights (Law and Society Trust),
Programme of Work for the Human Rights Council and for Lobby and Advocacy in Geneva for the year 2008
Joint lobby and advocacy activities concerning the Sri Lankan human rights situation in the UN Human Rights Council and other human rights bodies in Geneva. Granted 15 000 euro.

Nepal
Women’s Rehabilitation Center Nepal (WOREC),
Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders of Nepal: A Prerequisite for Sustainable Peace
Granted 23 500 euro.

Nepal
Himalayan Human Rights Monitors (HimRights),
Partnership for Protection of Children in Armed Conflict (PPCC)
Monitoring, documentation, reporting and responding to violations of the right to education in post-conflict Nepal. Granted 48 600 euro.

Nepal
Himalayan Human Rights Monitors (HimRights)/Partnership for Protection of Children in Armed Conflict (PPCC),
Mock Child Constituent Assembly (Children’s Constituent Assembly)
Advancing the inclusion of children´s rights, especially the right to education, on the agenda of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal. Granted 46 600 euro.

Bangladesh
Fair Election Monitoring Alliance (FEMA),
Election Observation 2008
Short-term monitoring of the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. Granted 29 900 euro.

Grants awarded 2007

India
Hengasara Hakkina Sangha,
Mainstreaming Women’s Human Rights: Strengthening Responses to Violence Against Women
To strengthen the capacity of women’s federations to do rights based advocacy on issues relating to violence against women and to raise awareness on relevant new legislation. Granted 97 700 EUR.

Nepal
Himalayan Human Rights Monitoris (HimRights),
Partnerships for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict
To monitor, report and respond to violations of the right to education in armed conflict and to do advocacy at the national and international level. Granted 63 300 EUR.

Cambodia
Protection of Juvenile Justice,
Protecting Children´s Rights in Cambodia´s Justice System
Legal aid to child victims of sexual exploitation and abuse and juvenile offenders, legal training and awareness raising on children´s rights. Granted 26 300 EUR.

Nepal
Women´s Rehabilitation Center,
Protection of Rights of Women Human Rights Defenders of Nepal: A Prerequisite for Sustainable Peace in Nepal
To build a national network of Women Human Rights Defenders in Nepal. Granted 22 100 EUR.

Afghanistan
Shuhada Organisation,
Women Rights Awareness, Literacy, and Legal Assistance Programs for Women in Waras district of Bamyan province and Shahristan district of Daikundi province
To raise women’s awareness on human rights and women’s rights. Granted 27 200 EUR.

Sri Lanka
Home for Human Rights (HHR),
Home for Human Rights Core Funding
To support Programs on Legal Defense, Investigation and Documentation, Women’s Rights and Human Rights and Norms in Internal Armed Conflict. Granted 43 000 EUR.

Nepal
Conflict Study Center (CSC),
Human Rights Training to Maoist Ex-Combatants in Cantonments in Nepal
To train maoist ex-combatants on human rights and humanitarian law. Granted 27 400 EUR.

Grants awarded 2006

India-Tibet
Association of Tibetan Journalists,
Association of Tibetan Journalists
To strengthen the capacities of the Tibetan journalists to report on issues relating to human rights and democracy. Granted 4 700 EUR.

India
Socio Legal Information Center,
Free legal services for destitute, marginalised and poor section of Indian society covering legal aid, legal trainings, know your rights publications, advocacy, networking and campaigns for law reform in India (through five Human Rights Law Network Centres in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttranchal, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Granted 43 300 EUR

Nepal
Himalayan Human Rights Monitors,
Partnerships for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict
To monitor and respond to violations of the right to education as a result of Nepal’s armed conflict. Granted 30 000 EUR.

India
Asian Centre for Human Rights,
Preparation of India Human Rights Reports
To publish India Human Rights Report 2006 and India Human Rights Report 2007. 34 500 EUR to publication of two annual reports.

India
Sakshi,
Promoting Equality Rights within Educational Institutions and Workplaces
Equality rights education of students of law, social work and media and awareness raising at public and private workplaces. Granted 23 500 EUR.

Thailand
Asian Network for Free Elections,
Proposal for the Aceh Local Elections Observation Mission
Long Term Observation mission to the Aceh local elections 2006. Granted 54 200 EUR.

India-Tibet
Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet,
Publication of two issues of Tibetan Envoy and three Biographies of former Political Prisoners
To document and report violations of the rights of political prisoners and to raise awareness on the human rights situation in Tibet. Granted 6 200 EUR.

East Timor
Justice System Monitoring Program,
Victim Support Service
Legal aid and support to women and children victims of gender based violence. Granted 24 900 EUR.

Grants awarded 2005

Philippines
Center for Popular Empowerment,
Bantay Riles: Capacity Building and Advocacy Training on Human Rights for Urban Poor Dwellers along the Railway System of Metro Manila
To build the capacity of the Bantay Riles Network to hold the government accountable, raise public awareness on the communities affected by the railway rehabilitation program, and advocate for adequate resources for the relocation of these poor urban communities. Granted 36 100 EUR to create network assemblies, conduct capacity-building training sessions and dialoques, and spread information.

Indonesia
Kalyanamitra - Women´s Communication and Information Centre,
Building People’s Awareness and Understanding on Women’s Rights through Socializing the Substance of 16 articles under CEDAW
To conduct an information campaign on women´s rights, directed both to the greater public and to women´s groups in Jakarta, Bogori and Bekasi in particular. Granted 30 000 EUR for the 11 month long information campaign on women´s rights, including producing comic strips, a newsletter and various campaigning materials to be distributed in connection with the discussions.

India-Tibet
Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet,
Exhibition-cum-lecture during the Kalachakra initiation given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Granted 2 300 EUR.

Sri Lanka
Lawyers for Human Rights and Development,
General Human Rights Program
To educate communities and public authorities on legal and human rights, and give legal aid to the victims of gross human rights violations; a continuation of the project objectives approved and initiated in 2003. Granted 38 000 EUR for ten human rights training events for the public authorities, six public seminars, training six NGOs on social and economic rights, supporting human rights initiatives by grass-roots organisations in five different districts, and providing legal assistance.

India
Hengasara Hakkina Sangha,
Mainstreaming Women´s Human Rights in Karnataka: Capacity Building of Federations through Rights Training
to build capacities of federations of women´s collectives (sanghas) to advocate for women´s human rights. Granted 30 000 EUR.

Grants awarded 2004

Thailand
Asian Network for Free Elections,
Indonesian Presidential Election Observation Mission
To ensure the integrity of electoral process as well as to minimize election irregulaties and election related human rights violations.
Granted 34 000 EUR to observe the first Presidential Elections ever to be organised in Indonesia and to produce an authoritative academic work upon its completion.

Thailand
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development,
Plan of Action from July 2004 to June 2007
To strengthen the Asian human rights organisations to better protect the human rights and to advocate for the ratification of international human rights instruments in the area. Granted 250 000 EUR core support for three years (2004-2007).

India-Tibet
Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet,
Publication of Book of Geshe Lobsang Wangchuck and Two Tibetan Envoys
To document the struggle of the current and former political prisoners for Tibet and its people. Granted 6 000 EUR to publish two Tibetan Envoys, one in English and the other one in Tibetan and the book of Geshe Lobsang Wangchuck.

Grants awarded 2003

Sri Lanka
Lawyers for Human Rights and Development,
Combating Worst Forms of Human Rights Violations and Striving to Build a Society where Right to Life and Human Rights are Better Respected and People Can Live with Human Dignity
To protect human rights at grassroots and combat worst forms of human rights violations. Granted 36 000 EUR to educate communities on legal and human rights and public authorities on human rights and their professional ethics and give legal aid to the victims of gross human rights violations.

India
The Other Media,
Report on Enforced Disappearances, Arbitrary Executions and Secret Cremations
To create an authentic, independent record of enforced disappearances in Punjab, the manner in which they were carried out and the patterns of impunity that are revealed by them and to help generate a climate in which the issue of impunity and its implications for the body politic can become the subject matter of a nation wide debate. Granted 24 300 EUR to document and legal advocacy work.

Nepal
Human Rights and Peace Society,
Social Equality Awareness Campaign
To disseminate information on social equality focusing on gender issue. Granted 40 000 EUR to organize workshops and training.

Grants awarded 2002

Philippines
Lesbian Advocates Philippines,
Documenting Violence Against Filipino Lesbians
To document the various form of abuses and violence committed against Filipino lesbians and to formulate recommendations in the area of policy and programs that prevent and address violence against lesbians. Granted 10 000 EUR for documenting violence against Filipino lesbians.

Sri Lanka
Lawyers for Human Rights and Development,
Human Rights Education and for Legal Aid to Victims of Human Rights Violations
To educate people on the laws relating to development and human rights and the available reliefs and remedies for the violation thereof. Granted 33 600 EUR for educarion and legal aid programmes.

Thailand
Friends Without Borders,
Human Rights Workshops and Training for Burmese Refugees and Thai Friends
To promote positive relations between Thai and Burmese people in general with an emphasis on displaced Burmese in Thailand, in order to prevent human rights violations against the displaced Burmese. Granted 14 600 EUR to organize workshops on human rights.

India
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons,
Legal Aid
Legal Aid for missing persons´ relatives. Granted 24 000 EUR.

Cambodia
Center for Social Development,
Research Bulletin
To promote public accountability, human rights and transparency and to build citizens´ participation in the democratic process. Granted 10 800 EUR for the Research Bulletin.

Nepal
Human Rights and Peace Society,
Social Equality Awareness Campaign
To disseminate information on social equality focusing on Dalit issue. Granted 16 400 EUR to hold street dramas and open-air meetings.

Grants awarded 2001

Thailand
Asian Network for Free Elections,
A Subregional Training on Good Governance
To build capacities for trainers on good governance in the sub-region so as to enable them to conduct training on good governance to their constituencies in respective countries. Granted 190 000 FIM to hold two training seminars in Bangladesh and the Philippines.

India-Tibet
Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet,
Book Printing
To inform people inside and outside Tibet about the prisons and prisoners in Tibet. Granted 17 000 FIM to book publishing.

Nepal
The Centre for the Victim of Torture,
Eradication of Torture from Nepal
To ensure freedom from torture or fear of torture for everyone in Nepal. Granted 100 000 FIM to exploratory activities which will include problem definition, problem analysis, practical solution identification and preliminary project scoping.

Indonesia
Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association,
Fact Finding Training for Torture
To empower human rights activists in the mechanisms of human rights protection especially focusing on the torture practices. Granted 95 000 FIM to arrange a Fact Finding-training course.

Philippines
Medical Action Group,
Human Rights Education and Advocacy among Filipino Health Student
To develop a pool of human rights advocates and educators among health students, young professionals and faculty of health institutions and to lobby for the inclusion of the human rights course in the curricula of medical professions. Granted 70 000 FIM to hold training seminars.

East Timor
Liberta,
Legal Aid and Infrastructure
To uphold human rights and justice by providing legal aid at every level of the community without discrimination and to promote community understanding of rights and obligations as citizens of East Timor. Granted 150 000 FIM for the institutional infrastructure.

Sri Lanka
Institute of Human Rights, Legal, Human Rights & Humanitarian,
Literacy, Aid & Assistance
To educate the public about the legal framework and the background of human rights in Sri Lanka and offer provision of legal aid. Granted 100 000 FIM to radio programmes on human rights and legal aid for the victims of human rights abuses.

Burma-Thailand
Burma Independent News Agency,
MoeGyo - An Underground Newspaper for Burma
To gather and disseminate to all the Burmese people the accurate news and clear, comprehensive analysis necessary to understand the conditions and events relating to Burma´s struggle to free itself from a repressive and violent military dictatorship. Granted 200 000 FIM to an underground newspaper distributed inside Burma.

India
The Other Media, Report on Enforced Disappearances,
Arbitrary Executions and Secret Cremations
To create an authentic, independent record of enforced disappearances in Punjab, the manner in which they were carried out and the patterns of impunity that are revealed by them and to help generate a climate in which the issue of impunity and its implications for the body politic can become the subject matter of a nation wide debate. Granted 65 000 FIM to research and documentation project.

Nepal
Human Rights and Peace Society,
Social Equality Awareness Campaign
To disseminate information on social equality focusing on Dalit issue. Granted 80 000 FIM to hold street dramas and open-air meetings.

Grants awarded 2000

Thailand
Asian Network for Free Elections,
Capacity Building Activities for the Year 2000
Strengthen and raise the quality of Anfrel´s support to democratication efforts in Asia. Granted 100 000 FIM to hold workshops on trainers training on good governance and democracy and election monitoring in Bangladesh.

Vietnam
Vietnam Committee on Human Rights,
Compilation of Fundamental Human Rights Instruments for Human Rights Defenders in Vietnam
To inform the internationally-recognised freedoms and rights and to encourage the development of a human rights conscience and culture. Granted 92 000 FIM to translate into Vietnamese the principal texts of HR and to raise awareness on human rights.

Nepal
Human Rights and Peace Society,
Human Rights Seminar Against Torture
To explore the ways and means of combating torture by developing a set of conclusions and recommendations that can be applied by various agencies and to increase awareness against torture. Granted 70 800 FIM to hold seminars and workshops on torture for police officers, teachers, representatives of local elected bodies etc.

Burma-Thailand
Burma Independent News Agency,
Moe Gyo
To gather and disseminate to all the Burmese people the accurate news and clear, comprehensive analysis necessary to understand the conditions and events relating to Burma´s struggle to free itself from a repressive and violent military dictatorship. Granted 60 000 FIM to publish a newspaper.

Malaysia
Suara Rakyat Malaysia,
Monitoring the National Human Rights Commission
To promote universal human rights standards and to intervene and broaden the scope of the National Human Rights Commission. Granted 100 000 FIM to arranging meetings, workshops and to compiling monthly reports on human rights situation in Malaysia.

Nepal
Nepal Council of World Affairs,
Seminar on International Humanitarian Law
To promote the international enforcement of humanitarian and human rights standards especially in view of the importance of ratification by States of the ICC statute and its anticipated entry into force in the near future. Granted 10 000 FIM to the travelcosts of legal advisor Mr. Payam Akhavan from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to deliver a seminar.

Bhutan-Nepal
Druk Yul Forum for Human Rights,
Support for the Human Rights Education for the Bhutanese People
To create human rights awareness. Granted 35 000 FIM to email service installation and to hold workshops.

Cambodia
Center for Social Development,
The Khmer Rouge Public Forum Booklet
To promote democratic values, human rights and improve the quality of life of the Cambodian people. Granted 69 000 FIM to compile and publish a booklet on Khmer Rouge trials.

Malaysia
Tenaganita,
Trial of Irene Fernandez-Support for Witnesses
To promote freedom of expression and to defend the rights of human rights defenders in Malaysia. Granted 150 000 FIM to bring witnesses, former detainees, from Bangladesh to testify.

Thailand
Friends Without Borders,
Workshop for Burmese Refugees and Thai Friends
To promote positive relations, networking and information sharing between Burmese and Thai people and to provide human rights education for the burmese groups in Thailand to strengthen their capacity in their human rights and democracy work. Granted 86 500 FIM to hold workshops.

Grants awarded 1999

Indonesia
Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association,
Fact Finding for Human Rights Violence
To increase the professionalism within investigation of human rights abuses and to give legal aid support to the victims on human rights violations. Granted 60 000 FIM to fact finding training for human rights violence.

Nepal
Human Rights and Peace Society,
Human Rights Awareness Street Drama
To increase awareness on the rights of the child and human rights generally to illiterate masses in rural and remote areas. Granted 60 000 FIM to hold street dramas on the rights of children.

Mongolia
Amnesty International Mongolia,
Human Rights Education
To hold seminars on human rights for grassroots, particularly for those who live in the countryside and to expand, advocate and propagate activities of AI. Granted 30 000 FIM to training courses.

India-Tibet
Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet,
Office Furniture, Equipment and Library
Improvement of the office infrastucture, i.e. increase the methods of communication and the capacity in educating ex-political prisoner´s and political refugees in India about human rights, international standards and the violations occuring in Tibet. Granted 45 000 FIM to computers, printers, furniture and books for library.

Philippines
Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates,
Setting up of PAHRA´s Desk on Women´s Rights
To undertake expertise-building in the field of human rights documentation and monitoring and to coordinate the alliance in terms of support to advocacy of women´s rights. Granted 60 000 FIM to set up a Women´s desk.

Bhutan-Nepal
Druk Yul Forum for Human Rights,
Support for the Human Rights Training for the Bhutanese People
To create human rights awareness. Granted 10 200 FIM to translating, printing and publishing of Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Dzongkha.

China
Human Rights in China,
Support to China Rights Forum Journal
To educate the Chinese people about human rights principles and activities through Chinese publication distributed inside China and internationally. Granted 60 000 FIM to support of China Rights Forum journal.

Thailand
Asian Network for Free Elections,
Support to the Capacity Building of Election NGO Workers in Nepal-Trainers Training on Election Monitoring and Management, Good Governance and Democracy
To assist in the capacity building of election NGO workers through conducting trainings on election monitoring and management; good governance and democracy. Granted 60 000 to training about 200 interested participants.

Philippines
BALAY Inc.,
The Setting Up of a Comprehensive Data Base and Research Work on Internally Displaced Families and Communities Due to Development Aggression with Focus on the Psychosocial Impact of Displacement and the Effectivity of the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Work of Balay, Inc. Among This Sector
To improve the situation of internally displaced persons and to determine the effectivity of the package of psycho social rehabilitation approaches developed by Balay. Granted 142 000 FIM to a three year research project on the conditions of victims of human rights violations arising from the implementation of the government´s development agenda.

Philippines
Medical Action Group,
Training Filipino Health Students and Faculty of Health Training Institutions
To develop a pool of human rights advocates and educators among health students, young professionals and faculty of health institutions and to lobby for the inclusion of the human rights course in the curricula of medical professions. Granted 60 000 FIM to hold training seminars.