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Funded Groups 2006: Human Rights
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MAJOR GRANTS
Amnesty International Secretariat
London, UK
Funding for the International Mobilisation Trust
£250,000
www.amnesty.org
Anti-Slavery International
London, UK
For sub-granting to organisations working for the abolition of slavery and trafficking
£125,000
www.antislavery.org
Article 19
London, UK
Free expression group.
£190,000
www.article19.org
Association pour La Prevention de la Torture
Geneva, Switzerland
Core support
£100,000
www.apt.ch
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
London, UK
Core support
£25,000
www.birn.eu.com
British Institute for Human Rights
London, UK
Provides training for UK NGOs and service providers on the Human Rights Act. Campaigns for greater understanding of a culture of human rights in the UK.
£40,000
www.bihr.org
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Surrey, UK.
For the International Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.
£70,000
www.business-humanrights.org
Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK.
Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Department.
£56,000
www.innerasiaresearch.org
Children's Legal Centre
Essex, UK.
Implementation of children's human and legal rights.
£200,000
www.childrenslegalcentre.com
Colombian Commission of Jurists
Bogota, Colombia
Core support
£75,000
www.coljuristas.org
Commission for Looted Art in Europe
London
Helps EU governments and museums draw up codes for dealing with looted artefacts. Researches and locates looted artefacts.
£75,000
www.lootedartcommission.com
Council for Assisting Refugee Academics
London, UK
Pathfinder grants and core support
£160,000
www.academic-refugees.org
Death Penalty Project
London, UK
Core support
£80,000
www.deathpenaltyproject.org
European Human Rights Advocacy Centre, The (EHRAC)
London, UK
Core support for their Russia and Georgia programmes
£85,000
www.londonmet.ac.uk
Front Line
Ireland
Protection for grass roots human rights defenders
£90,000
www.frontlinedefenders.org
Fund for Global Human Rights (The)
Washington DC.
Grants to grass roots human rights organisations in South Asia and Central America, West and North Africa.
£350,000
www.hrfunders.org
Haitian Education and Leadership Project (HELP)
New York/Port au Prince, Haiti.
A small group based in Port au Prince that provides scholarships for Haitian students.
£35,000
www.haitianeducation.org
Human Rights Indonesia
Alton, UK
Core support
£27,500
http://tapol.gn.apc.org
Human Rights Watch
New York.
Core funding and funds for their Women's Rights Division
£750,000
www.hrw.org
INDEX on Censorship
London, UK
Monitoring hate speech
£50,000
www.indexonline.org
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
Salzburg, Austria
Core support
£50,000
www.salzburgseminar.org
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
London.
Support and training for grass roots journalists in fragile societies.
£150,000
www.iwpr.net
International Center for Transitional Justice
New York.
Reconciliation for societies and groups struggling with the legacy of human rights abuse.
£200,000
www.ictj.org
International Cities of Refuge for Persecuted Writers Network
Stavanger, Norway
Core support
£50,000
www.icorn.org
International Crisis Group
Brussels.
Core funding. Monitoring of human rights abuses and practical solutions to conflict.
£300,000
www.crisisweb.org
International PEN
UK
Core support
£50,000
www.internationalpen.org.uk
International Rehabilitation Council For Torture Victims
Denmark
International advocacy on the rights of victims of torture
£200,000
www.irct.org
Legal Resources Centre
Johannesburg, South Africa
Core support
£50,000
www.lrc.co.za/home
London School of Economics (LSE)
London.
To fund the Rausing Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights.
£100,000
www.lse.ac.uk
Minnesota Human Rights Center, University of
Minnesota, USA.
To help fund a web-based library of human rights documents in Arabic & Chinese.
£40,000
www1.umn.edu/humanrts
New Israel Fund
London, UK
Core support
£25,000
www.newisraelfund.org.uk
Omega Research Foundation
Manchester, UK
Tracking the trade in tools of torture
£50,000
www.theomegafoundation.org
Open Democracy
London, UK
Core support
£50,000
www.opendemocracy.net
Peace Brigades International
London.
Protective accompaniment of human rights activists in Indonesia, Guatamala, Mexico and Columbia.
£150,000
www.peacebrigades.org
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
Jerusalem, Israel.
Core funding for this human rights group.
£50,000
www.stoptorture.org.il
Rory Peck Trust
London.
To fund an international welfare fund for freelance broadcasters and camera/video operators.
£90,000
www.rorypecktrust.org
Scholars At Risk Network
USA
Core support
£135,000
www.scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu
University of York
York, UK
Research into the establishment of a protective fellowship programme
£56,300
www.york.ac.uk
Zimbiala Trust
UK
To support Zimbabwean human rights groups
£72,000
Total Donations - £4,701,800
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