Other countries
Grants awarded 2009
Palestine
Kav LaOved:
Protecting the human and labor rights of West Bank Palestinians employed by Israelis
23 500 euro
Peru
Instituto Peruano de Educación en Derechos Humanos y la Paz IPEDEHP
Jóvenes urbano marginales y autoridades de gobiernos locales y sectoriales de Arequipa promueven los derechos y la participación ciudadana juvenil
65 500 euro
Palestine
Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights in Jerusalem JCSER
Defending Palestinian Economic and Social Rights in Jerusalem
79 700 euro
Colombia
Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos GIDH
Buscando Justicia: un Derecho de Todos y Todas
74 200 euro
Peru
Centro de Desarrollo Étnico (CEDET),
Población Afroperuana del Norte – Participación Ciudadana en la Construcción de una Cultura de Derechos Humanos
Raising the awareness on human rights and building citizenship among African Peruvians in Northern Peru.
Granted 16 100 euro.
Colombia
Salud al Derecho – Asociación Colombiana para la Exigibilidad del Derecho a la Salud y la Seguridad Social,
Exigibilidad del derecho a la salud para todas y todos
Legal aid and raising the awareness and capacity of communities to claim their right to health. Granted 18 300 euro.
Israel/Palestine
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI),
Fighting Torture by Direct Legal Assistance and Legal Advocacy for Palestinian Victims of Torture or CID
Legal aid, legal research and advocacy against torture. Granted 80 900 euro.
Grants awarded 2008
Peru
Instituto Peruano de Educación en Derechos Humanos y la Paz (IPEDEHP),
Líderes indígenas y autoridades políticas y policiales andinas, en la prevención de la violencia familiar contra niños, niñas y mujeres del Cusco
Training on domestic and sexual violence to indigenous people in the province of Quispicanchi. Granted 34 500 euro.
Colombia
Fundación Desarrollo y Paz (FUNDEPAZ),
Prevención y Atención de la Violencia de Género y Promoción del Liderazgo Femenino en el Contexto del Conflicto Armado en el Suroccidente de Colombia
Legal education and legal and psycosocial counseling to female victims of violence. Training on women’s rights and advocacy work to grassroots organisations. Granted 27 900 euro.
Turkey
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT),
Effective intervention in prevention of torture in Turkey
Legal aid to torture survivors to combat impunity and awareness raising and advocacy work to prevent torture. Granted 84 900 euro.
Grants awarded 2007
Colombia
Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos,
Promoción e impulso del cumplimiento de las obligaciones y compromisos del Estado colombiano en materia de Derechos Humanos
Promoting the implementation of human rights obligations undertaken by Colombian State. Granted 33 100 EUR.
Colombia
Fundación Desarrollo y Paz (FUNDEPAZ),
Observatorio Regional de los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamineto
Monitoring the human rights situation of refugees and people living in Nariño. Granted 18 000 EUR.
Turkey
Human Rights Agenda Association (HRAA)
LGBT Rights are Human Rights
Raising human rights conscious of the Turkish LGBT community by preparing a special guideline and strenghtening co-operation. Granted 18 400 €.
Israel/Palestine
Public Committee Against Torture (PCATI)
Field Research and Legal Capacity-Building Project
Strenghtening PCATI´s ability to respond swiftly and effectively to cases of torture and illtreatment of prisoners and detainees. Granted 25 000 €.
Israel/Palestine
Jerusalem Center for Social & Economic Rights (JCSER)
Strategic Intervention in Defending and Promoting Human Rights of the Palestinian People
Providing legal aid to victims of economic and social rights violations. Granted 55 800 €.
Grants awarded 2006
Peru
Instituto Peruano de Educación en Derechos Humanos y la Paz,
Formación de Lideres Sociales de Comunidades Indígenas Andinas del Cusco, para la Promoción y la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos
To give broad human rights training for the people living in local communities of the province of Quispicanchi. Granted 34 800 EUR.
Haiti
National Human Rights Defense Network,
Human rights Training Activities for the Haitian Police
To give human rights training for the Haitian police. Granted 47 700 EUR.
Peru
Comisión de Derechos Humanos,
Investigaciones antropológico forenses en 4 regiones del Perú: Una contribución hacia el impulso de Plan Nacional de Investigaciones Antropológico Forenses recomendado por la Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación
To systematically register and investigate the mass graves in the Ayacucho area in order to help the families of victims, and at the same time, the truth, justice and reconciliation process in Peru. To train other organisations on forensic investigation, to promote the law against forced disappearances and to promote the recommendations of the Peru´s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Granted 98 500 EUR.
Turkey
Flying Broom,
"First Step": Developing Dialogue and Cooperation between Public Institutions and Women Non-Governmental Organizations
To promote women human rights and gender equality by developing dialogue and cooperation between public sector representatives and women non-governmental organizations. Granted 40 000 EUR.
Turkey
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey,
Project to Raise Awareness and Promote Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Turkey
To promote ratification of the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Ihuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Granted 68 600 EUR.
Turkey
Human Rights Agenda Association,
Training Seminars and Reproducing of the Book "Popular Education for Human Rights"
To human rights training seminars and reproducing of the Book “Popular Education for Human Righst in order to enhance the knowledge of human rights among school teachers and education professionals. Granted 20 000 EUR.
Israel-Palestine
Public Committee Against Torture,
Field Research and Legal Capacity-Building Project
To legal-capacity-building and field research. Granted 20 100 EUR.
Israel-Palestine
Jerusalem Center for Social & Economic Rights,
Strategic Intervention in Defending and Promoting Human Rights of the Palestinian People
To legal aid for the victims of the human rights violations. Granted 42 000 EUR.
Grants awarded 2005
Peru
Comisión de Derechos Humanos,
Hacia el Cumplimiento de las recomendaciones de la Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación: Concluir con el registro de sitios de entierro en Ayacucho y desarrollar investigaciones de fosas clandestinas para impulsar el proceso de investigación forense en el Perú
To continue to systematically register and investigate the sites of mass graves in the Ayacucho area, for the purpose of helping the families of victims by strengthening the forensic investigation and at the same time the truth, justice and reconciliation process in Peru. Granted 88 300 EUR for the investigation of the Ayacucho mass graves
Peru
Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos,
Justicia – para recuperar la Dignidad. Violencia sexual contra la mujer en Apurimac
To conduct research and litigation on victims of human rights violations, namely of sexual violence, during the years 1980-2000 in Apurimac, part of the process of truth, justice and national reconciliation. Granted 36 500 EUR to conduct research on the rights abuses and bring cases that prove this pattern of violence to court, while also disseminating information and supporting the victims.
Peru
Movimiento Manuela Ramos,
La democracia sin las mujeres no es democracia
To improve the political participation of women both quantitatively and qualitatively, thus getting more and better informed women decion-makers both in local government and in Congress. Granted 30 000 EUR for informing about the new legislation on political parties and carrying out legal and political training in the counties of Lima and Lambayeque
Serbia and Montenegro
Humanitarian Law Center,
Promoting the Protection of Minority Rights in Kosovo
To promote minority rights by monitoring whether the legal mechanisms and measures guaranteeing minority rights are effectively implemented in Kosovo. Granted 35 800 EUR for monitoring and researching the implementation of domestic and international legal mechanisms that guarantee minority rights and the return process, for compiling field reports, and for conducting advocacy work on the obligations of the authorities to protect minority rights.
Israel-Palestine
Jerusalem Center for Social & Economic Rights,
Strategic Intervention in Defending and Promoting Human Rights of Palestinian People
Granted 31 600 EUR.
Grants awarded 2004
Israel-Palestine
Public Committee Against Torture,
Field Research and Legal Capacity Project
To ensure PCATI´s ability to respond swiftly and effectively to all cases of torture and illtreatment of prisoners and detainees. Granted 13 000 EUR to improve the quality of service provided by developing training programs for field lawyers and researchers and to meet the high demand for legal services and ensure the capacity to monitor, verify, expose and improve detainee conditions by retaining additional legal workers.
Grants awarded 2003
Peru
Comision de Derechos Humanos,
Consolidar el Trabajo de la Comision de la Verdad y Reconciliacion: Registro e Investigacion de Focas Clandestines y Campana Sobre Desaparecidos
To strengthen the truth, justice and reconciliation process in the country. 50 000 EUR to register and investigate the sites of mass graves and launch a campaign for the disappeared people.
Brazil
Social Network for Justice and Human Rights,
Legal Work and Education with Rural Social Movements in Brazil
To increase the capacity of local human rights groups to defend their rights and to facilitate an exchange of information regarding legal strategies and experiences of defending human rights in different regions. Granted 22 500 EUR to organize workshops and seminars with rural communities.
Peru
Asociacion pro Derechos Humanos,
Por la Verdad y la Justicia en el Peru Post Comision de la Verdad y la Reconciliacion
To contribute to achieve truth, justice and compensation for the victims of internal violence, base for any process of national reconciliation. Granted 30 000 EUR to lobby with members of CVR responsible for the elaboration of reports and recommendations and to promote, support and escort the participation initiatives and the incidence of victims, their relatives and social organizations affected by violence in the work of CVR, with the purpose of that this can pick up their proposals and demands in the reports that will be issued.
Turkey
Selvet Cetin,
Training Seminar of the Book Popular Education for Human Rights
To enhance the knowledge of human rights among school teachers. Granted 5 128 EUR to carry out four training seminars.
Grants awarded 2002
Peru
Comision de Derechos Humanos,
Asistencia Legal a Familiares de Victimas de Desaparacion Forzada y Ejecucion Extrajudicial para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad Sobre Estos Crimenes de lesa Humanidad
Work against impunity. Granted 30 000 EUR for the support of the truth commission.
Haiti
National Coalition for Haitian Rights,
Awareness Raising on Child Rights
To educate children on human rights. Granted 35 000 EUR to education programme.
Peru
Asociacion pro Derechos Humanos,
Civil Society Initiative for Truth and Justice in Peru
To affirm the right to truth and justice. Granted 40 000 EUR for the support of the truth commission.
Turkey
Selvet Cetin,
Translation into Turkish of the Book Popular Education for Human Rights by Richard Pierre Claude
To disseminate information on human rights. Granted 4 000 EUR for translation work.
Grants awarded 2001
Mexico
Ciudadanos en Apoyo a los Derechos humanos A.C.,
Campaña de Mujeres Contra el Hambre
To raise awareness of women´s human rights and to build capacity to assert rights. Granted 50 000 FIM to hold seminars on human rights, gender issues and domestic violence.
Mexico
Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos,
Talleres de Protección y Prevención para Defensores de Derechos Humanos
Institutional strengthening of network organisations and creating a program to protect defenders in jeopardy. Granted 90 000 FIM to hold training workshops for human rights defenders.
Israel-Palestine
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights,
Human Rights Monitoring
A joint fact finding mission of FIDH, the ICJ and the EMHRN to visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in order to make an independent, objective and expert assessment of the human rights situation on the ground. Granted 20 000 FIM to a fact finding mission.
Croatia
Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights,
Investigation in Sector West
To investigate and collect data on killed and murdered civilians during the military operation Flash in the territory of western Slavonia and through that to inform and warn about numerous violations of international humanitarian law. Granted 27 400 FIM to Fact Finding missions.
Turkey
Kurdish Human Rights Project,
The Translation and Publication of the First in the Series of KHRP Case Reports in Turkish
To strengthen and protect the rights of the Kurdish people and others through the publication of reports of cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights. Granted 100 000 FIM to translate each of the KHRP case reports into Turkish and publish them as a book.
Grants awarded 2000
Peru
Comision de Derechos Humanos,
Atencion Legal Especializada y Asistencia Social a Familiares de Victimas Fallecidas Como Consecuencia de la Tortura
To eliminate torture and ill-treatment and to fight against impunity. Granted 68 000 FIM to legal aid and social support to the victims of torture.
Peru
Asociacion pro Derechos Humanos,
Defensa de los Derechos Humanos y los Presos Acusados Injustamente de Terrorismo
To defend and promote human rights and international humanitarian rights renowned in the different international instruments to attain a democratic and solidary society. Granted 66 000 FIM to a support campaign of wrongfully convicted prisoners; prisoners which have been tried for terrorism.
Peru
Comite Vicarial de Derechos Humanos del Vicariato Apostolico de Pucallpa,
Defensa Legal y Educacion en Derechos Humanos
To promote the human dignity and human rights in Pucallpa. Granted 60 000 FIM to hire a lawyer to carry out the plan of legal defence and of education in human rights.
Mexico
Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez A.C,
Focus on Human Rights in Mexico
To generate international interest in the human rights situation in Mexico. Granted 66 000 FIM to FOCUS, the quarterly English publication published by PRODH.
Costa Rica
Union de Trabajadores Agricolas de Limon,
Fortalecimiento de la Presencia Sindical entre los Migrantes Guaymies que Trabajan en las Plantaciones Bananeras de Talamanca
To promote the rights of banana workers, especially the Panamanian emigrant workers. Granted 35 000 FIM to hold seminars on labour rights, human rights, health, fair trade, migrants etc.
Argentina
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales,
The Promotion of Justiciability of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
To generate awareness with respect to guarantees of economic, social and cultural rights within the legal system. Specifically, to disseminate the relevant norms regarding these topics and the forms of protecting these rights among members of the judicial community, state institutions and NGOs. Granted 60 000 FIM to cover the costs of one lawyer for one year.
Tajikistan
Tajik Center for Information and Analysis on Human Rights,
Legal Assistance to Tajik Refugees and IDP´s
To promote the adaption and reintegration of refugees and IDP´s into the social-economic and political life and to strengthen the on-going process of peace and reconciliation in Tajikistan. Granted 56 200 FIM to establish two legal advice clinics.
Moldova
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Moldova,
Monitoring the Rights of Detainees in the Places of Detension in Context of the Ratification of the European Convention on Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by the Republic of Moldova
To monitor of the compliance of Republic of Moldova as to rights of detainees with the obligations undertaken under the ECPT. Granted 65 900 FIM to fact finding missions, seminars and compilation of the handbook for detainees.
Turkey
Kurdish Human Rights Project,
Translation of a Practitioner´s Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights by Karen Reid
To promote protection of the human rights of Kurdish people in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and the former Soviet Union. Granted 100 000 FIM to Turkish translating, printing and publishing of "A Practitioner´s Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights" by Karen Reid.
Grants awarded 1999
Peru
Asociacion pro Derechos Humanos,
Defensa de los Derechos Humanos y los Presos Acusados Injustamente de Terrorismo
To defend and promote human rights and international humanitarian rights renowned in the different international instruments to attain a democratic and solidary society. Granted 60 000 FIM to a support campaign of wrongfully convicted prisoners; prisoners which have been tried for terrorism.
Nicaragua
Centro de Educacion para la Paz, la Justicia y la no Violencia,
Education para la Paz y los Derechos Humanos en Nicaragua
To contribute in the building of a culture of peace and an autonomous culture on the Carribean Coast of Nicaragua. Granted 60 000 FIM to a two years peace education programme carried out by the Miskitu.
Venezuela
Federacion Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos,
Fortalecimiento del Cabildeo Internacional sobre la Desaparicion Forzada y Acompanamiento y Asesoria Tecnica a Asociaciones de Familiares de Desaparecidos filiales de FEDEFAM
To strenghten the member associations of FEDEFAM in the tasks of documenting, lobbying, organizing, interchanging experiences and publishing information on forced disappearance cases. Granted 60 000 FIM to three training workshops: peace processes in Central America and Colombia, capacity building and advocacy strategies towards the UN system and advocacy and legal strategies towards the UN system and the OAS system.
Brazil
Human Rights Defence Society in Para,
Support to the Defence of the Human Rights
To improve the office infrastructure, i.e. to improve the efficiency of the SDDH offices in the handling of law cases and the networking with the international community. Granted 48 000 FIM.
Mexico
Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos,
Taller Nacional Orientado a la Cualificacion del Trabajo de Denuncia y Defensa de Casos de Violaciones a los Derechos Humanos para Contribuir al Mejoramiento y Mayor Eficiencia del Agotamiento de Recursos Internos, Documentacion y Manejo de la Denuncia Internacional
Enhancement the capacities of the Mexican NGOs to pursue activities involving concrete uses of human rights information, in this case, the dissemination nationally and internationally of information on violations and follow up on these. Granted 45 000 FIM to a training course together with HURIDOCS and CEJIL.
Israel-Palestine
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel,
Campaign against House Demolitions
To impact the fundamental right to housing, to alleviate severe overcrowding in the Palestinian-Arab community and to prevent the homelessness. Granted 60 000 FIM to support of the campaign against house demolitions.
Turkey
Sanar Yurdatapan,
50 Years After
To inform the children and the public about the basic human rights declared 50 years ago. Granted 50 000 FIM to a TV production, which will be broadcasted via local television stations in Turkey.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Human Rights Office Tuzla,
Dialogues
To promote and spread knowledge about human rights, in particularly about those noticed in Human Rights Declarations and Rules build in the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Granted 33 000 FIM to four public debates with the topics of local self- administration and management, property laws in BiH, law on election and position of women.
Albania
Albanian Helsinki Committee,
Minority Question in Albania
To observe the state of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Albania, as well as the implementation of the principles of rule of law. Granted 60 000 FIM to a research programme on Albanian minority and ethnic groups.