Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Established in 1989 by the Helsinki Committee in Poland, an underground organisation created during martial law in 1982, the Helsinki Foundation conducts an extensive programme of domestic and regional human rights trainings and raises public awareness of human rights issues through the WATCH DOCs film festival (the second largest of its kind in the world); conducts legislative and issue-specific monitoring and advocacy at the domestic level; and litigates in national and international courts.
Grant History
SRT started supporting the Helsinki Foundation in 2011.
Current grant: £360,000 over 3 years
Grant start: 1st March 2012
Located in:
Poland
Working in: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine
Programme: Civil and Political Rights: Access to Justice